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

He has not had much to cheer about recently while following their fortunes from afar, but is confident about their hopes of staying up under Sean Dyche.

From BBC

The actor says he’s admired — from afar, in California — how Ukraine has “shown such resilience … under such terrible circumstances.”

From Seattle Times

This is their story, which should serve as another cautionary example that, when it comes to sudden injections of cash from afar, fans should be careful what they wish for.

From BBC