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far from

far from adverb: in no way, Not at all.

Adverb

far from (not comparable)

  1. In no way, Not at all.
    • Don't leave now: our task is far from complete!
    • My stay at the hotel was far from satisfactory.
  2. Not characteristic of, not likely to be done or thought by.
    • For kings are clouts that euery man ſhoots at,
      Our Crowne the pin that thouſands ſeeke to cleaue.
      Therefore in pollicie I thinke it good
      To hide it cloſe: a goodly Strategem,
      And far from any man that is a foole.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see far, from.

far from meaning in Malayalam and Sanskrit

far from in Malayalam

not, not at all, nowhere near
അല്ല, ഒട്ടുമല്ല, തീരെയല്ല, ഒട്ടും ഇല്ല, നേർവിപരീതമായി

far from in Sanskrit

far from
आरात् ārā́t

Examples of far from in a sentence

  • The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason.2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2014:
  • The two local leaders are far from alone in reconsidering the technology.2026 July 27, Maya Nelson, “Across the state, communities are taking down Flock Safety cameras. Could Shasta be next?”, in Shasta Scout...

Synonyms of far from

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Questions about far from

What does far from mean?
Far from means in no way, Not at all.
What is far from in Malayalam?
Far from in Malayalam is അല്ല, ഒട്ടുമല്ല, തീരെയല്ല. See Far from meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use far from in a sentence?
The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason.
What part of speech is far from?
Far from is an adverb.

Words near far from in the dictionary

  1. far far away
  2. far fetched
  3. far field
  4. far fields
  5. Far Forest
  6. far from
  7. far from it
  8. far gone
  9. Far Hills
  10. far left
  11. far leftist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: far from (page history and authors); far from (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); आरात् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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