faraway
5
4.5
- adjective
- /ˈfɑːrəˌweɪ/
:
ausente
- Iva Lou gets a faraway, mystical twinkle in her eye.
- faraway look
- faraway gaze
- faraway expression
Examples
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His face was creased by lines of strain, but he had a dreamy, faraway look in his eyes.
Fiction book (1991) -
Such a faraway look in her eye.
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I returned home only to find my wife lying there... with a faraway look.
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Then he had gotten a faraway look in his blue eyes.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Yes," she'd say, as if she were speaking from some faraway place.
Fiction book (1993) -
Such a faraway look, as if she's always lived in a garden.
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She has such a faraway look, as if she has always lived in a garden.
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Kathleen said suddenly, a faraway look in her eyes.
Fiction book (1994) -
With a faraway gaze, he announced, "I do like your choice of view."
Fiction book (1996) -
She had a faraway look in her eyes as she recalled her childhood adventures.
Synonyms
19
4.0
Not paying attention because your mind is somewhere else
Antonyms
How Distracted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Faraway is made of far and away, and it also describes a person who is not mentally present. Think of someone whose thoughts have gone 'far' and 'away', which is why their face looks distant.