(a.) Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.
(a.) Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.
(a.) Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.
(a.) Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
(a.) The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts.
(adv.) To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other.
(adv.) To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity.
(adv.) In great part; as, the day is far spent.
(adv.) In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results indicated that the PG determination was the most accurate predictor of fetal lung well-being prior to birth among the clinical tests so far reported.
(2) As far as acrophase table is concerned for all enzymes and fractions the acrophase occurred during the night.
(3) A commensurate rise in both smoking and adenocarcinoma has occurred in the Far East where the incidence rate (40%) is twice that of North America or Europe.
(4) Brown's model, which goes far further than those from any other senior Labour figure, and the modest new income tax powers for Holyrood devised when he was prime minister, edge the party much closer to the quasi-federal plans championed by the Liberal Democrats.
(5) It contains 10,000 apartments so far, in blocks that might appear Soviet but for shades of blue, green and yellow.
(6) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
(7) Mary's grief, which lasts for about the first half of the two-hour premiere special, is the finest work of the series so far by Michelle Dockery.
(8) I hope I can play a major part in really highlighting the need for far more extensive family violence training within all organisations that deal with women and children, including the police and the department of human services,” Batty said.
(9) Reasons for non-acceptance do not indicate any major difficulties in the employment of such staff in general practice, at least as far as the patients are concerned.
(10) Little is so far known of the origin of this syndrome.
(11) Although there was already satisfaction in the development of dementia-friendly pharmacies and Pride in Practice, a new standard of excellence in healthcare for gay, lesbian and bisexual patients, the biggest achievement so far was the bringing together of a strategic partnership of 37 NHS, local government and social organisations.
(12) Unlikely, he laughs: "We were founded on the idea of distributing information as far as possible."
(13) US presidential election 2016: the state of the Republican race as the year begins Read more So far, the former secretary of state seems to be recovering well from self-inflicted wounds that dogged the start of her second, and most concerted, attempt for the White House.
(14) The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the problems which arise from simultaneously developing regulatory and competitive approaches to health care cost containment can be solved, if recognized, and that those problems deserve more systematic investigation than they have so far received.
(15) In general, air from the mediastinum far more often enters the left pleural cavity than the right one.
(16) In the far east is the arid, depressed country leading down Hell’s Canyon, which bottoms out at the Snake River, which the wolves crossed when they moved from Idaho, and which they now treat more as a crosswalk than a barrier.
(17) We demonstrated that while the protein was incorporated into the cell layer at 6, 24, 48, and 72 hr, a far greater amount was secreted into the media.
(18) Still, even as unknowable as this decision may be for him, as any decision is, really, he is far more qualified to understand his desires and goals that would inform that decision than anyone else is.
(19) They include the Francoist slogan "Arriba España" and the yoke-and-arrows symbol of the far right Falange, whose members killed the women.
(20) For each of the goals, some were far from complying.
Farl
Definition:
(v. t.) Same as Furl.
Example Sentences:
(1) • You could use any left-over mashed potato to make your next batch of farls.
(2) The less flour and bicarb you use, the denser and moister the farl.
(3) • Farls taste great as an accompaniment to curry.
(4) They provide fertile ground for experimentation with almost no chance of failure – it is hard to cook a bad farl.
(5) For the nervous or novice baker, potato farls are a wonderful way to get started.
(6) Farl experiments melted butter and a sprinkling of salt Photograph: Jill Mead for the Guardian • Make a much lighter, fluffier farl.
(7) • Try making potato farls with fine oatmeal instead of flour.
(8) "Dinner was always potato farls with black pudding and white pudding," she remembers happily.
(9) Recipe by Jane Baxter How to serve your farl Nowadays, farls are most often served with a cooked breakfast or at teatime.
(10) It isn’t so much a cake, in fact, as an entire Ulster breakfast that they want to see sizzling and permanently undiminished on their plate while at the same time forking it, item by fried item – potato farls followed by sausage followed by bacon, eggs and black pudding – down their ready gullets.
(11) I had about 20 people over to my house and we cooked proper potato farls, potato cakes, soda bread and Irish sausages.
(12) The recipe we have given here is for a nice, rich, dense farl – best, in my book, served with nothing but lashings of melted butter and a sprinkling of salt – but we have given other serving ideas.
(13) It's the full English and then some – with added fried soda farl and potato bread.
(14) Potato farls also work well in any recipe that would normally use a muffin, so top them with smoked salmon (or fried mushrooms) and a soft poached egg.
(15) Potato farls Prep time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes Makes 8 small farls 500g floury potatoes, such as King Edward or desiree 50g butter 50g plain flour, plus extra for rolling out ¼ tsp baking powder Salt and black pepper Extra butter, for cooking 1 Peel the potatoes, then cut them into quarters.
(16) The word farl literally means "fourths": they are shaped from a circle of dough cut into quarters.