distant
/ˈdɪstənt/ adjective B1- Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
- Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings. · Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me.
- Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).
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They were thus perpetually employed,—Faria, that he might not see himself grow old; Dantès, for fear of recalling the almost extinct past which now only floated in his memory like a distant light wandering in the night.
The long grass rustled at her feet as the White Rabbit hurried by—the frightened Mouse splashed his way through the neighbouring pool—she could hear the rattle of the teacups as the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her unfortunate guests to execution—once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the Duchess’s knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it—once more the shriek of the Gryphon, the squeaking of the Lizard’s slate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable Mock Turtle.
A TRAVELER hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place.
of Roman crowns in the most distant a...
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