afar

¹ American  

[uh-fahr] / əˈfɑr /

adverb

1. from, at, or to a distance; far away (usually followed byoff ).

   He saw the castle afar off.

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idioms

1. from afar,  from a long way off.

   The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.

Afar ² American  

[ah-fahr] / ˈɑ fɑr /

noun

PLURAL

Afars, Afara

PLURAL

Afar

1. a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.

2. the Northern Cushitic language spoken by the Afars.

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afar British  

/ əˈfɑː /

adverb

1. at, from, or to a great distance

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noun

1. a great distance (esp in the phrase from afar )

Etymology

Origin of afar

1125–75; Middle English a fer, on ferr; replacing Old English feorran. See a- ¹ (perhaps also a- ² for the meaning “from”), far

Example Sentences

Watching them from afar, Verstappen could only scoff at the Papaya Rules.

From The Wall Street Journal

You can love them from afar or you could love them from the other side of the kitchen table.

From MarketWatch

From afar, there’s only so much that can be done.

From Seattle Times

The White House said Monday the U.S. is helping from afar as thousands of Americans left behind in Sudan seek to escape fighting in the east African nation, after the U.S.

From Seattle Times

“The U.S. has always been a passion of mine, and I’ve always followed the soccer. I’ve watched it from afar,” he said.

From Washington Post