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afar definition

afar (ə fär′)

adverb

Archaic at or to a distance

Etymology: ME a ferr < a, on + feor, far

afar Idioms

from afar

from a distance

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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