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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Like “The Blue Print,” “The Stranger in the House” is made up of demos and outtakes he created for his fantasy life as a working songwriter — possibly even in faraway Nashville.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026
Asked if he was conscious that after catching passes in space at 33, he might not get to a faraway end zone as quickly as he did in his 20s, Adams had a good-natured response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
"Sometimes... there is a power outage at their home, or they forget to charge their phones", and some students live in faraway areas with patchy connectivity, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
They were developed by the Army to penetrate a steel helmet from a faraway distance.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
A special type of star, called a Cepheid variable, had a property that allowed Hubble to measure the distance to faraway objects.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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