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afar
1[ uh-fahr ]
adverb
- from, at, or to a distance; far away (usually followed by off ):
He saw the castle afar off.
Afar
2[ ah-fahr ]
noun
- a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- the Northern Cushitic language spoken by the Afars.
afar
/ əˈɑː /
adverb
- at, from, or to a great distance
noun
- a great distance (esp in the phrase from afar )
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of afar1
Idioms and Phrases
- from afar, from a long way off:
The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.
Example Sentences
He recalls observing from afar what he thought was a beach, only the sands "turned out to be probably a few 100,000 penguins".
McCarthy says it’s been fascinating to watch, from afar, how people receive the map.
Ko Naing is one of the millions of Myanmar's diaspora anxiously watching from afar as their country struggles following its biggest earthquake in a century.
Most of us are still watching the unfolding crisis from afar.
So I was just eating hot nuts from afar staring at the limo driver from “Blank Check,” and he could have been George Clooney to me.
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