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faroff

faroff 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

Questions about faroff

What is faroff the alternative spelling of?
Faroff is the alternative spelling of far-off.

Words near faroff in the dictionary

  1. Faroe Islands
  2. Faroeish
  3. Faroes
  4. Faroese
  5. farofa
  6. faroff
  7. Faroffistan
  8. Faroish
  9. farolito
  10. farolitos
  11. Faron

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