We have a saying to the effect that a good neighbor is better than a faraway relative.
Source: tatoeba (30048)
Faraway
//ˈfɑɹəweɪ//
Synonyms for "faraway" (72 found)
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Related words (36)
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2 entriesetymologically related_to
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4 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 14 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- بعيد adj (distant)
- بَعِيد adj (distant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- далечен adj (distant)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎢᎾ adj (distant)
Dutch
2 entries- afgelegen adj (distant)
- ver weg adj (distant)
Finnish
1 entries- kaukainen adj (distant)
Galician
1 entries- afastado adj (distant)
German
3 entries- abgelegen adj (distant)
- abwesend adj (not mentally present)
- entfernt adj (distant)
Hungarian
2 entries- messzi adj (distant)
- távoli adj (distant)
Ingrian
1 entries- etähäin adj (distant)
Italian
3 entries- fuorimano adj (distant)
- lontano adj (distant)
- remoto adj (distant)
Macedonian
2 entries- да́лечен adj (distant)
- ра́сеан adj (not mentally present)
Portuguese
1 entries- longínquo adj (distant)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दूर adj (distant)
Spanish
3 entries- alejado adj (distant)
- distante adj (distant)
- lejano adj (distant)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
One can see faraway objects with a telescope.
Source: tatoeba (496541)
His crew members often complained of Christopher Columbus's hogging of their vessel's Wifi connection to play online games, but he denied these accusations with indignation, claiming that he was researching faraway lands that they had yet to discover.
Source: tatoeba (547075)
He and I are from a faraway country.
Source: tatoeba (770043)
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