faraway
adjective
far·away
ˈfär-ə-ˌwā 
1
: lying at a great distance : remote
faraway lands
2
: dreamy, abstracted
a faraway look in her eyes
Examples of faraway in a Sentence
My grandfather told us tales of faraway lands.
growing up in a seaport instilled in the youth a restless desire to travel to faraway places
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George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
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George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama.
—Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Set in a stunning faraway valley in northern China that lies on the border with Kazakhstan, The Botanist depicts an isolated community where the locals speak Kazakh instead of Mandarin, and where life goes on as if modern technology never existed.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Telephoto camera, Space Zoom (Credit: Iyaz Akhtar) Night Photography
Even with little light, the S25 produces clear, bright images with good detail for close objects, though that breaks down some with faraway subjects.
—PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Faraway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faraway. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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faraway
adjective
far·away
ˌfär-ə-ˌwā
1
: remote entry 1 sense 1, distant
faraway lands
2
: preoccupied sense 1, dreamy
a faraway look
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