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afield

afield

3 7.7
Not connected to the main topic and moving away from it
  • adverb
  • /əˈfiːld/
translation icon : fuera del tema
  • The discussion is far afield now; if you write to me, we'll discuss further.
  • far afield

Doesn't necessarily even have to be that far afield from manual therapy.

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Examples

  • FISA legislation is pretty far afield from the kinds of things we normally cover.

    Blog text (23)

  • In any case, I don't mean to take the conversation too far afield here.

    Blog text (23)

  • I guess this is taking a sort of a bit far afield, but which is the one that we lost?

  • I know that went far afield from your original question, but I do feel like it.

  • I fear we have gotten far afield from the topic of this post.

    Blog text (5)

  • We're getting a little far afield from the subject of the documentary.

    Blog text (34)

  • So your argument here has gone a bit far afield.

    Blog text (28)

  • Villers moved further afield from traditional subjects in her subsequent work.

    Academic text (2015)

  • This is a bit far afield, but I think even this hurdle could be overcome.

    Blog text (15)

  • The discussion became irrelevant as we wandered afield from our main topic.

Synonyms

aside
vsafield
337 1.2

To one side, away from where attention is

is used for moving away from the topic, not for formal exclusion
apart
vsafield
253 1.0

Except for something or someone

is about moving off the subject rather than formally excluding items

How Relevant

centrally
15 3.0
topically
1 4.6
afield
3 7.7
irrelevantly
1 4.6

Surface Forms

afield positive

Etymology

Afield also got a second meaning from the same image: if you go 'out into the fields' you are away from the main area. So people use afield to say a remark or discussion is 'off the topic'.