Afield
[ə'fiːld] or [ə'fild]
Definition
(adv.) off the subject; beyond the point at issue; 'such digressions can lead us too far afield'.
(adv.) in or into a field (especially a field of battle); 'the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance'; 'unlawful to carry hunting rifles afield until the season opens'.
(adv.) far away from home or one's usual surroundings; 'looking afield for new lands to conquer'- R.A.Hall.
Checker: Thomas--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) To, in, or on the field.
(adv.) Out of the way; astray.
Editor: Luke
Definition
adv. to in or on the field.
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Examples
- I shall not press the point for it would lead us far afield. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But this account, which might as properly belong to a former period of my life as to the present moment, leads me far afield. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My man's gone afield, and the little girl's seeing to the kettles. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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