distant

Definition

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.

Example Sentences

• "We heard a distant rumbling but didn't pay any more attention to it. She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers. His distant look showed that he was not listening to me."
• "Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair."
• "Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me."

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