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afar

/əˈfɑr/
/əˈfɑ/
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Other forms: afars

If something's off at a distance, you can describe it as being afar. You might write a letter to your pen pal in Japan, and say, "This note comes to you from afar."

Afar is a poetic and old-fashioned way to say "far away" or "distant." If your summer visitors have traveled from afar, they've come a long way to see you, and if your boyfriend moves to Australia, you might have to continue your relationship from afar. The word is a shortened form of the Old English of feor, in which of means "of" or "on," and feor is "far, remote, or distant."

Definitions of afar
  1. adverb
    (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
    “we traveled afar
    “we could see the ship afar off”
    “the Magi came from afar
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