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

The NFL can watch from afar, wait for feedback from UFL officials and use the spring football games as data points for what works and what doesn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal

He’s a guy that controls power from afar.

From Los Angeles Times

“You don’t learn about people or culture by reading research reports or by studying them afar.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He brought silken “descending dove” tone to his solo playing, but at low tone becoming more a voice from afar than soloist.

From Los Angeles Times

On the night of the attempted insurrection, the BBC spoke to an elderly man who was watching the fracas from afar.

From BBC