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faraway

adjective

  1. distant; not close
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɑɹəweɪ/

adj

Etymology: Univerbation of far + away.

  1. Distant.

    She lived in a faraway village in a faraway land.

  2. Not mentally present, as when daydreaming.

    There was a faraway look on his face.

    Suddenly it occurred to Mala why the unsaddlings and the faraway looks. All four of them were expecting something of a fairly long wait.

noun

Etymology: Univerbation of far + away.

  1. One who lives a great distance away.

    The Neighbors, the enviros, the real and the want-to-be cowpokes, the locals and the faraways, the rich and the wishful, the purported miners all said they wanted to buy out Braden.

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