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far-off

far-off adjective: remote, either in time or space.

Adjective

far-off (comparative more far-off, superlative most far-off)

  1. Remote, either in time or space.
    • Perhaps on some quiet night the tremor of far-off drums, sinking, swelling, a tremor vast, faint; a sound weird, appealing, suggestive, and wild - and perhaps with as respectable a meaning as the sound of bells in a Christian country.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 209
    Synonyms:
    distant, far

far-off meaning in Hindi

far-off in Hindi

remote in space
दूरस्थ dūrasth

Synonyms of far-off

Forms of far-off

comparativemore far-off
superlativemost far-off

Words formed from far-off

Questions about far-off

What does far-off mean?
Far-off means remote, either in time or space.
What is far-off in Hindi?
Far-off in Hindi is दूरस्थ (dūrasth). See Far-off meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is far-off?
Far-off is an adjective.

Words near far-off in the dictionary

  1. far-left
  2. far-lefter
  3. far-lefters
  4. far-leftist
  5. far-leftists
  6. far-off
  7. far-out
  8. far-reaching
  9. far-right
  10. far-righter
  11. far-righters

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