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Far

adverb

1.

To a considerable degree; very much. "Felt far worse than yesterday" , "Eyes far too close together"

2.

At or to or from a great distance in space. "Strayed far from home" , "Sat far away from each other"

3.

At or to a certain point or degree. "How far can we get with this kind of argument?"

4.

Remote in time. "All that happened far in the past"

5.

To an advanced stage or point.

adjective

(farther and farthest are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest)

1.

Located at a great distance in time or space or degree. "Far corners of the earth" , "The far future" , "A far journey" , "The far side of the road" , "Far from the truth" , "Far in the future"

2.

Being of a considerable distance or length.

3.

Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle. "The right side is the far side of the horse"

4.

Beyond a norm in opinion or actions.

noun

1.

A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again. Synonyms: ALIR, Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, Former Armed Forces, Interahamwe.

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... Hanger, Lord Surrey, Sheridan, the tailors and the women, combined to turn at once into the finest gentleman and greatest blackguard in Europe, was at that time as fascinating in appearance and manner as any one, prince or not, could be. He was by far the handsomest of the Hanoverians, and had the least amount of their sheepish look. He possessed all their taste and capacity, for gallantry, with apparently none of the German coarseness which certain ...

— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 2 • Grace & Philip Wharton

... and, so far as I knaws of, he is," replied Mrs. Tucker, greatly startled by Joan's unexpected appearance. "Why, what do 'ee mane, child, eh? But there!" she added starting up, "us'll make sure to wance and knaw whether 'tis lies or truth we'm tellin'.—Here, Sammy, off ever so quick ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 • Various

... shudder through the veins of him he thus addressed. "When I presented myself before you for the first time in London, it was to ask you what had become of my fortune; the second time it was to demand who had sullied my name; and this time I come before you to ask a question far more terrible than any other, to say to you as God said to the first murderer: 'Cain, what hast thou done to thy brother Abel?' My lord, what have you done with your sister—your sister, who was ...

— Twenty Years After • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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