Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Remote; distant.
  • adjective Widely distributed; wide-ranging.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective widely spread or distributed.

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  • adjective Remote or distant, in space, time or relationship.
  • adjective Wide-ranging, widespread or widely distributed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective remote
  • adjective distributed over a considerable extent

Etymologies

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far +‎ flung

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