Farther
['fɑːðə] or ['fɑrðɚ]
Definition
(adj.) more distant in especially space or time; 'they live in the farther house' .
(adv.) to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense); 'farther north'; 'moved farther away'; 'farther down the corridor'; 'the practice may go back still farther to the Druids'; 'went only three miles further'; 'further in the future'.
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Definition
(superl.) More remote; more distant than something else.
(superl.) Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.
(adv.) At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther.
(adv.) Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event.
(v. t.) To help onward. [R.] See Further.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Beyond, FURTHER, more remotely, to or at a greater distance.[2]. Moreover, besides, furthermore.
a. [1]. Further, more remote, at a greater distance.[2]. Additional.
Checker: Mimi
Definition
adj. (comp. of Far) more far or distant: tending to a greater distance: longer: additional.—adv. at or to a greater distance; more remotely: beyond: moreover.—adjs. and advs. Far′thermore furthermore; Far′thermost furthermost.—adj. Farthest (superl. of Far) most far distant or remote.—adv. at or to the greatest distance.
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Examples
- There is no one else, and no sound could alarm those who are in the farther wing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Those were very simple facts, and my judgment went no farther. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Having discovered this relation, which requires no farther examination, I am curious to find some other of their qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Believe me, and Elinor spoke it with the truest sincerity, nothing could be farther from my intention than to give you such an idea. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Then came your dear mother to torture me farther, with all her kindness and confidence. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- There's two on you,' said the man, thrusting the candle farther out, and shielding his eyes with his hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I might as well be at Rome; she would be no farther from me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My personal share in the events of the family story extends no farther than the point which I have just reached. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You have lost your labour--you had better go no farther, urged the monitor. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Farther and farther toward the ground they inclined, and still there was no sound save the deep and awesome moaning of the wind. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I am no farther interested than as a spectator, said he, with a modesty, admirable, as I thought, to witness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I approved, for my part, the amusing one's self with poetry now and then, so far as to improve one's language, but no farther. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The subject of reading aloud was farther discussed. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I really cannot prevail upon myself to carry this shocking disclosure any farther. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Korea long ago went a step farther and developed a true alphabet from the same Chinese origins. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The stone must be farther to this side. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It can never go any farther. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- What farther proof can we desire for the double relation of impressions and ideas? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It would do neither of them good, it would do the subject no good, to be talking of it farther. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Don't draw that chair farther off, Miss Eyre; sit down exactly where I placed it--if you please, that is. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We go with you no farther, said they; it were not safe that we should do so. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This attracted the enemy so that Geary's movement farther up was not observed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You could keep cutting it as we are doing farther south in Estremadura. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Fanny was by this time crying so bitterly that, angry as he was, he would not press that article farther. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Pull it farther back and let it snap lightly forward,' the _civil_ said, and I have never heard such a tone of voice. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The girl, standing pale and rigid against the farther wall, sought with ever-increasing terror for some loophole of escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Accordingly the troops were set in motion for Hard Times, twenty-two miles farther down the river and nearly opposite Grand Gulf. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Why then look any farther, or multiply suppositions without necessity? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The block was farther ahead. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Ivanhoe expressed great repugnance to this plan, which he grounded on unwillingness to give farther trouble to his benefactors. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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