FAR OFF

Definition: FAR OFF

FAR OFF

1. (a) At a great distance, absolutely or relatively. (b) Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated. ``But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some time were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.'' --Eph. ii. 13.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Distance

Adverb: far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, out of reach; abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond; outre mer, over the border, far and wide, "over the hills and far away "; from pole to pole; (over great space); to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to.

Adjective: distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of; stretching to; Verb: yon, yonder; ulterior; transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine; tramontane; ultramontane, ultramundane; hyperborean, antipodean; inaccessible, out of the way; unapproached, unapproachable; incontiguous.

Error

In error, under an error; Noun: mistaken; Verb: tripping; Verb: out, out in one's reckoning; aberrant; beside the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the truth, way off, far off; astray; (at fault); on a false scent, on the wrong scent; in the wrong box, outside the ballpark; at cross purposes, all in the wrong; all out.

Crosswords: FAR OFF

How far off I sat and wondered (Night Moves; performing artist: BOB SEGER; writing credit: Bob Seger)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A good view of the whole west side of New Bedford Harbor. At the bottom of the image is I95 and in the far off distance one of the contamination sources can be seen. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They are not far off.

She is not far off.

He was far off and merged in the blackness of the place.

The seamen at their landing observed my canoe, and rummaging it all over, easily conjectured that the owner could not be far off.

Where I lived was as far off as many a region viewed nightly by astronomers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "FAR OFF": be far off ♦ far off from ♦ not far off. Additional references.

Albanian

larg (afar, afield, apart, away, clear, distant, far, far away, off, wide), i largët (distant, far, faraway, long run, odd, off, out of the way, outer, remote, removed, slight, vague, way out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отколешен, отдалечен (back, distant, far, faraway, inland, off, out, out of the way, outlandish, outlying, remote, removed, ulterior, unget-at-able). (various references)

Czech

odlehlý (abstruse, far flung, out of the way, out of way, outlying, remote). (various references)

Finnish

loitolla (at a distance, far away), kaukana (a long way off, at a great distance, far, in the distance), etäälle (far), etäällä (far). (various references)

French

lointain (far, faraway), au loin (far away), éloigné. (various references)

German

fern (afar, aloof, distant, far, faraway, long distance, remote). (various references)

Greek 

μακρινόσ (distant, far, remote). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"רחק (afar, far, far away, stand clear). (various references)

Hungarian

távoli (beyond the mark, distant, far, faraway, far-off, off, outlying, remote, removed). (various references)

Indonesian

awang-awang (atmosphere, dizzi, up in the air). (various references)

Italian

molto (a great deal of, a great many, a great quantity of, a lot of, deep, extremely, far, great, greatly, hard, heavily, highly, jolly, long, lots of, many, mighty, much, plenty, pretty, quite, sight, sorely, strongly, very, very much, widely), lontano (a long way, absent, afar, aloof, apart, away, back, distant, distantly, faint, far, far afield, faraway, in the distance, off, remote, slight, way, wide). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

遥かに (by far, far, far and away, in the distance, long ago), 遥か (distant, far, far-away, remote). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

はるかに (by far, far, far and away, in the distance, long ago), はるか (distant, far, far-away, remote). (various references)

Pig Latin

arfay offay

Romanian

departe (aloof, apart, away, far, far away, far out, off, out, remotely). (various references)

Russian 

отдаленный (abstracted, distant, faraway, far-off, out, out of the way, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udaljen (distant, farther, farthest, out of the way, outlying, remote, removed), dalek (alien, aloof, far, far flung, faraway, farther, remote, removed). (various references)

Spanish

remoto (ancient, distant, far, faraway, lonely, outside, remote, removed), lejano (distant, far, faraway, farther, out of the way, outlying, remote, vital). (various references)

Swedish

frånvarande (absent, absent minded, absentee, absently, dreamy, faraway, preoccupied), drömmande (dreamy, faraway), avlägsen (distant, far, far away, far out, faraway, far-off, out of the way, outlying, outlying land, remote, removed). (various references)

Turkish

uzun (extended, faraway, interminable, Lang, lengthy, long, long-, macro-, maxi-, prolix, prolonged, tall), uzakta (afar, aloof, at a distance, away, clear, distant, far, far away, in the distance, insofar, off, out), uzak (a long way off, afar, aloof, away, back, distant, far, far away, faraway, insofar, off, out of the way, outlandish, outlying, recluse, remote, standoffish), dalgın (absent, absent minded, abstracted, deep, distrait, dreamy, engrossed, far away, faraway, glassy, lost, meditative, moony, pensive, plunged in thought, preoccupied, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, self-absorbed, stargazer, thoughtful, unheedful, vacant, vacuous, vague, wandering, wistful, woolgathering), dalıp gitmiş (faraway, ruminant, self-absorbed), ırak (distant, far, far away, Iraq, Iraqi). (various references)

Ukrainian

віддалений (abstracted, away, back, distant, far, in the distance, off, out, out of the way, outlying, remote, secluded, wide). (various references)

Welsh

pellhau (put far off, remove far off). (various references)

longinqua, longinquae, longinquam, longinquo, longinquum, procul. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: faro, fora, raff.

-3 letters: aff, arf, far, for, fro, oaf, oar, off, ora.

-4 letters: ar, fa, of, or.