afar

a·far /əˈfɑː $ əˈfɑːr/ adverbadv literary

from afar literary FARfrom a long distance away 遥远地；从远处

I saw him from afar.

我远远地看到了他。

Examples from the Corpus

from afar• I saw him from afar.

Examples from the Corpus

afar• But not today, I can see that from afar.• By Wednesday night, we could hear the sounds of cannons from afar.• This burning, lighting up the sky, would be seen from afar.• Yet the Master's mind reached out afar.• She'd distrusted him from afar, for some time, even before leaving London, before ever setting eyes on him.• From afar, he saw the Mount of the Beatitudes.• One of the advantages of the belt is that the animals are easily visible from afar in the gloom in rough country.• From afar, or even up close, the bridge is nothing more than a thin, unsteady shimmer of bamboo.

Origin afar

(1300-1400) a- + far

a·far adverbadv

Chinese

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