farther+from

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• the nearer the church, the farther from God — 1303 R. BRUNNE Handlyng Synne (EETS) 1. 9242 Tharfor men seys, an weyl ys trowed [believed], ‘the nere the cherche, the fyrther fro God.’ 1620 T. SHELTON tr. Cervantes’ Don Quixote II. xlvii. Eat nothing of all this meat..for this dinner was… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• farther — farther, further are often used without distinction though originally different words, farther being the comparative of far and further, in its adverbial form (as an adjective, it is without a positive), being the comparative of fore or forth. At …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• farther — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English ferther, alteration of further Date: 14th century 1. at or to a greater distance or more advanced point < got no farther than the first page > < nothing could be farther from the truth > 2. to a greater degree… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• farther — 1. adverb he d like to live even farther from the city Syn: more far, farther away, further, further away, more remote, more distant, more removed 2. adjective the farther side of the field Syn: more distant, more remote, remoter, farther… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• farther —  , further  Insofar as the two are distinguished, farther usually appears in contexts involving literal distance ( New York is farther from Sydney than from London ) and further in contexts involving figurative distance ( I can take this plan no… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• farther, further —    Insofar as the two are distinguished, farther usually appears in contexts involving literal distance ( New York is farther from Sydney than from London ) and further in contexts involving figurative distance ( I can take this plan no further ) …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• farther, further —    Insofar as the two are distinguished, farther usually appears in contexts involving literal distance ( New York is farther from Sydney than from London ) and further in contexts involving figurative distance ( I can take this plan no further ) …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• Farther Pomerania — or Further Pomerania ( de. Hinterpommern; pl. Pomorze Zachodnie) is a Pomeranian region roughly stretching from the Oder River in the West to Pomerelia in the East. The region correponds with the eastern part of the pre war Prussian Province of… …   Wikipedia

• farther — farther, further 1. general. Further is the older form, being recorded in Old English and probably related to our word forth, while farther is a Middle English variant of further; from this stage the two words came to be used as the comparative… …   Modern English usage

• Farther Common — is a geograpical region of East Hampshire in the Parish of Liss, Hampshire, England. It is characterised by greensand topography, woodland and heath, which was a common on the Money Coutts estate centred at Stodham House, Liss.The Money Coutts… …   Wikipedia

• Farther India — is an old term, now rarely used, for Southeast Asia, seen in colonial days from Europe as the part of the Far East beyond the Indian subcontinent, but south of China. It refers to Indochina, Thailand (former Siam), Burma/Myanmar, and the Malay… …   Wikipedia