distant
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
distant/ˈdɪstənt/
▶adjective
- 1 far away in space or time.
■ at a specified distance: the town lay half a mile distant.
■ (of a sound) faint because far away.
- 2 remote or far apart in resemblance or relationship.
■ (of a person) not closely related: a distant cousin.
- 3 cool or reserved.
■ not paying attention; abstracted: a distant look.
– derivatives
distantly adverb.
distantly adverb.
– origin ME: from L. distant-, distare ‘stand apart’.
'distant' also found in these Oxford entries:
aloof
- ancient
- antique
- antiquity
- bell
- bifocal
- binoculars
- blue shift
- bundu
- centre
- crystal-gazing
- deep
- DEW
- distal
- distance
- distant signal
- exarch
- exotic
- far
- faraway
- far-flung
- further
- furthest
- gold
- iceblink
- infinity
- long
- long distance
- map
- milepost
- monocular
- offing
- offish
- pelorus
- red shift
- rumble
- second sight
- shore
- sidereal
- sidereal period
- sidereal time
- smoke signal
- stand-offish
- summer lightning
- tail
- telemeter
- telepresence
- telescope
- that
