remote
/ɹəˈməʊt̞/ adjective A2- At a distance; disconnected. · A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.· remote workers
- Distant or otherwise inaccessible. · After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.
- Slight. · There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.· They have a very remote chance of winning.
- Emotionally detached. · After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.
Comparative remoter · Superlative remotest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I am resolved to desert them and go to some remote corner of the earth, and shall be happy if you will accompany me, viscount.”
This made Marilla more nervous than ever; she had an uncomfortable feeling that while this odd child’s body might be there at the table her spirit was far away in some remote airy cloudland, borne aloft on the wings of imagination.
He fled hastily to the remotest corner of the horse pasture lest Marilla should suspect what he had been up to.
As he rose, a flash of lightning, that seemed to rive the remotest heights of heaven, illumined the darkness.
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