faraway

adj, noun — 3 senses

faraway

adj

/ˈfɑɹəweɪ/

Etymology Univerbation of far + away.

1

Distant.

She lived in a faraway village in a faraway land.

2

Not mentally present, as when daydreaming.

There was a faraway look on his face.
Suddenly it occurred to Mala why the unsaddlings and the faraway looks. All four of them were expecting something of a fairly long wait.1981, James Powell, chapter 16, in The Malpais Rider (A Double D Western), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →ISBN, page 124:

Synonyms: far-flung, remote
Derived terms: farawayness
Related terms: far and away, far away

faraway

noun

Etymology Univerbation of far + away.

1

One who lives a great distance away.

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.2004, Richard Benke, The Ghost Ocean, page 182:

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