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Meaning of faraway | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈfɑɹəweɪ

Definitions

  1. Distant
  2. One who lives a great distance away.
  3. Not mentally present, as when daydreaming
  4. very unlikely. a far-fetched story. vergesog بَعيد الإحْتِمال малко вероятен improvável za vlasy přitažený weithergeholt usandsynlig παρατραβηγμένοςinverosímil, improbable ebatõenäoline بعید؛ باور نکردنی kaukaa haettu tiré par les cheveuxדחוק कष्ट-कल्पित neuvjerljiv, nevjerojatan erőltetett mustahil langsóttur forzato, tirato per i capelli こじつけの 무리한, 억지로 갖다 붙인 pritemptas, neįtikimas neticams; neīsts mustahil vergezocht søkt, usannsynlig naciągany د باور ور نه دی improvável/inacreditável tras ...
  5. One who lives a great distance away
  6. by a large amount. They have by far the largest family in the village. verreweg إلى حدٍ بَعيد، بِكَثير с голяма разлика de longe zdaleka bei weitem langt κατά πολύ mucho, con mucho ülekaalukalt به مقدار قابل ملاحظه؛ به وضوح ylivoimaisesti de loin בְּהַרבֶּה अब तक daleko (najbolje, najveće...) kiemelkedően, messze sejauh ini mun, langtum di gran lunga はるかに 대단히 pats, daug daudzkārt setakat ini verreweglangt bez wątpienia د قابل ملاحظه مقدار de longe de departe намного zďaleka daleč ... daleko a...
  7. by a very great amount. She is far and away the cleverest girl in the class! verreweg die beste بِكَثير، بِمراحِل с много голяма разлика de longe široko daleko bei weitem langt κατά πολύ, μακράν con mucho, con diferencia kaugelt به میزان زیاد؛ بطور قابل ملاحظه ehdottomasti de très loin בְּהַרבֶּה दूर, बहुत अधिक daleko messze sangat jauh langsamlega di gran lunga 断然 훨씬, 단연 nepalyginamai, žymiai daudz; nesalīdzināmi sangat jauh verreweguten sammenlikning, langt, absolutt bez porównania تر هغي ف...
  8. Very distant; remote.
  9. Abstracted; dreamy: a faraway look.
  10. very distant; remote
  11. dreamy or absent-minded
  12. distant; remote: faraway lands.
  13. dreamy; preoccupied: a faraway look.
  14. distant, far, remote, far-off, far-removed, far-flung, outlying, beyond the horizon They had just returned from faraway places.

Equivalents

العربية بعيد بعيد
Български далечен
Suomi kaukainen
Galego afastado
Magyar messzi távoli
Македонски далечен расеан
Nederlands afgelegen ver weg
Português longínquo

Examples

“The Neighbors, the enviros, the real and the want-to-be cowpokes, the locals and the faraways, the rich and the wishful, the purported miners all said they wanted to buy out Braden.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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