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far off

far off is the alternative spelling of far-off.

Meaning of far-off

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

Words formed from far off

Questions about far off

What is far off the alternative spelling of?
Far off is the alternative spelling of far-off.

Words near far off in the dictionary

  1. far left
  2. far leftist
  3. far leftists
  4. Far North
  5. Far North Queensland
  6. far off
  7. far out
  8. far point
  9. far points
  10. far post
  11. far posts

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