afar

pronunciation

How to pronounce afar in British English: UK [əˈfɑː(r)]word uk audio image

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  • Adverb:
    (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far

Word Origin

afar (adv.)
contraction of Middle English of feor (late 12c.), on ferr (c. 1300), from Old English feor "far" (see far); the a- (1) in compounds representing both of and on (which in this use meant the same thing). Spelled afer in 14c.

Example

1. Someone important may be watching you from afar .
2. I will afar and silently bless you .
3. Most of the time they had to gaze from afar .
4. He may be right if the establishment 's main weapon is television advertising , funded from afar .
5. Having watched from afar as the sri lankan army crushed the liberation tigers of tamil eelam in 2009 , british tamils are again transfixed by a campaign on the island-this time for an election .

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