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Definition of Farther
1. Adverb. To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage ('further' is used more often than 'farther' in this abstract sense). "He is going no farther in his studies"
2. Adjective. More distant in especially space or time. "They live in the farther house"
3. Adverb. To or at a greater distance in time or space ('farther' is used more frequently than 'further' in this physical sense). "Further in the future"
4. Adjective. More distant in especially degree. "Farther from our expectations"
Definition of Farther
1. a. More remote; more distant than something else.
2. adv. At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther.
3. v. t. To help onward. [R.] See Further.
Definition of Farther
1. Adjective. (comparative of far lang=English POS=adjective) Of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time. ¹
2. Adverb. (comparative of far lang=English POS=adverb) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Farther
1. far [adv] - See also: far
Literary usage of Farther
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1849)
"SOME farther CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING OUR SIMPLE IDEAS. 2. Thus the ideas of
heat and cold, light and darkness, white ^nd black, motion and rest, ..."
2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1921)
"My brain failed me completely; I stared stupidly down at the cheese, and got no
farther. " It is really too confoundedly crabbed writing," I exclaimed in ..."
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