faraway

[ fahr-uh-wey ]

adjective

1. distant; remote:

   faraway lands.

2. dreamy, preoccupied:

   a faraway look.

faraway

/ ˈfɑːrəˌweɪ /

adjective

1. very distant; remote
2. dreamy or absent-minded

Word History and Origins

Origin of faraway¹

First recorded in 1810–20; far + away

Example Sentences

And bean-free coffee doesn’t provide emotional connections to faraway places – Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia – the way real coffee can.

From BBC

During his single term as president, Trump made clear that he proclaimed his foreign-policy slogan—“America First”—in the same spirit as the isolationists who coined the phrase back in the 1930s, during the rise of Nazi Germany, which they saw as a threat only to people in faraway countries about whom they knew nothing.

From Slate

But in some quarters, a certain sense of detachment pervaded over this faraway political earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times

Portland’s four-member city council lived far from these neighborhoods, sometimes derided by locals as the faraway “numbers.”

From Salon

His vision seems to have been formed at the age when adolescents become enthralled by science fiction movies set in faraway galaxies — which isn’t to say that they can remain entertaining for adults, too.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• distant
• far-flung
• far-off
• outlying