faraway
Americanadjective
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distant; remote.
faraway lands.
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dreamy, preoccupied.
a faraway look.
adjective
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very distant; remote
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dreamy or absent-minded
Etymology
Origin of faraway
Explanation
Something that's distant from you is faraway. Your faraway pen pal's letters might take over a week to arrive in your mailbox. You can describe something that's far off or removed from you with the adjective faraway — and you can also use it for things that only feel distant, or that happened a long time ago. Your faraway childhood or the faraway history of your town's oldest building are a couple of examples. This word can also be correctly spelled with a hyphen, far-away, or as two words, far away.
Vocabulary lists containing faraway
Example Sentences
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Eryn has loved the Magical Faraway Tree book series for years and was excited to experience the film adaptation.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
As for "Faraway Downs", which starts streaming from Nov. 25, Luhrmann hopes that by combining a romance with what he calls an "ugly chapter" in Australian history, he will reach a broad audience.
From Reuters • Nov. 21, 2023
The deal is the latest for Staggs and Mayer’s company, which most recently was reportedly close to a deal to buy Faraway Road, the production company of “Fauda” creators Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2022
Faraway factories, once celebrated for delivering lower costs, now seemed a fatal vulnerability.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2020
Faraway, sort of, but right up close, too.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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