farforth
farforth adverb: to a great extent; far.
Adverb
farforth (not comparable)
- To a great extent; far.
- As for their cities, he that knoweth one of them, knoweth them all: they be all so like one to another, as farforth as the nature of the place permitteth.1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the...
- Thus farfourth good readers, aſwell for defence of my countrey language […] as alſo for honeſt recreation of you the nobilitie, gentelmen and Ladies, that ſtudie not Latine, I haue taken ſome trauayle to expreſſe this moſte excellente writer [Virgil]; […]1558 June 7 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Phaer, “[Epilogue]”, in Virgil, translated by Thomas Phaer, The Seuen First Bookes of the Eneidos of Virgill, Conuerted in Englishe Meter […], London: […]...
- To a specific extent and no farther.
- Know thus far forth, / By accident most strange, bountifull Fortune / (Now my deere Lady) hath mine enemies / Brought to this shore1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
Origin of farforth
From Middle English ferforth, from fer + forth. By surface analysis, far + forth.
Questions about farforth
- What does farforth mean?
- Farforth means to a great extent; far.
- What part of speech is farforth?
- Farforth is an adverb.
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