furtherness

noun

furtherness

noun

Etymology From further + -ness.

1

The state, quality, or condition of being further; beyondness; continuation; expanse.

  • The coincidence with its own point-of-space is that digit of time belonging to the myrobolan which, with respect to its own point-of-space, is characterized by a kind of mutation in terms of nearness or furtherness.1914, Vācaspatimiśra Patañjali, The Yoga-system of Patañjali:
  • I watched the red lights of the taxi fuzz and blur and then vanish in the furtherness of night.2005, Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram:
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  • While the latter were pushed by a Faustian yearning for the infinite and furtherness, on the contrary we, the first Titans, are pushed by the 'desperate desire' to reinstate that lost limit that restores our human condition.2013, Elena Pulcini, Care of the World:

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