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faraway

 
 
/ˌfɑːrəˈweɪ/ adjective

Translation

[always before noun] literary a long distance away
uzak, uzakta, ötelerde
faraway places 1727
a faraway look/expression an expression on someone's face that shows that they are not thinking about what is happening around them
uzaklara dalmış, dalgın, hülyalı, dalıp uzaklara gitmiş
He had a faraway look in his eyes.1844
(Definition of faraway adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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