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- Dictionaryfaraway/ˌfɑːrəˈweɪ/
adjective
- 1. distant in space or time: "exotic and faraway locations" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of FARAWAY is lying at a great distance : remote. How to use faraway in a sentence.
FARAWAY definition: 1. a long way away: 2. If you have a faraway expression, you look as though you are not thinking…. Learn more.
FARAWAY meaning: 1. a long way away: 2. If you have a faraway expression, you look as though you are not thinking…. Learn more.
If you describe someone or their thoughts as faraway, you mean that they are thinking about something that is very different from the situation around them. She smiled with a faraway look in her eyes.
a faraway look/expression an expression on your face that shows that your thoughts are far away from your present situation synonym distant. There was a faraway look in her eyes. His face wore a glazed, faraway expression. Definition of faraway adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
If you describe someone or their thoughts as faraway, you mean that they are thinking about something that is very different from the situation around them. [...]
faraway - very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times"
You can describe something that's far off or removed from you with the adjective faraway — and you can also use it for things that only feel distant, or that happened a long time ago. Your faraway childhood or the faraway history of your town's oldest building are a couple of examples.
If you have a faraway look in your eyes, you are not paying attention to what is happening around you; you appear to be thinking about something that is far away.
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