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adjective

Distant adj.

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. "One board had two tenons, equally distant." "Diana's temple is not distant far."

Far separated; far off; not near; remote; in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives. "The success of these distant enterprises."

Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner. "He passed me with a distant bow."

Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance. "Some distant knowledge." "A distant glimpse."

Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.

Synonyms: Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.

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"Distant" Quotes from Famous Books

... Palavia, a splendid palace on the Vistula, eighteen leagues distant from Warsaw. It belonged to the prince palatin, who ...

— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

... Astarma and married Astarmian girls. By these soldiers we have the march of the armies clearly chronicled to the time when they came to Astarma, having been nigh a year upon the march. And the army left that village and the children cheered them as they went up the street, and five miles distant they passed over a ridge of hills and out of sight. Beyond this less is known, but the rest of this chronicle is gathered from the tales that the veterans of the King's armies used to tell in the evenings ...

— Time and the Gods • Lord Dunsany [Edward J. M. D. Plunkett]

... himself on the head with his fist. He was dragged into the house, howling at the top of his voice. Soon the garden was empty. By degrees the lights were extinguished and the noise was stilled, except for the distant artillery fire. The patrol which had helped to take the madman back into the hospital repassed, with the old corporal in the rear, hanging his head. From afar off came the flash of an explosion, followed by a ...

— The Forerunners • Romain Rolland

... the large hacienda at Olama, and were asked to alight by a man whom I at first took to be the proprietor, but afterwards discovered to be a traveller like ourselves, buying cattle for the Leon market. The owner of the house and his sister were away at a little town three or four miles distant; and I was a little nervous about the reception we should have when they returned and found us making ourselves at home at their house. Velasquez had, however, no apprehensions on that score, as he knew that throughout ...

— The Naturalist in Nicaragua • Thomas Belt

... observatory on the War Department we could see the puffs of white smoke from our guns; but these were at the intermediate line, several miles distant, and the enemy were, of course, beyond. We could see our cannon firing from right to left at least a mile in length; and the enemy had evidently made much progress toward the city. The firing then ceased, however, at 3 P.M., indicating that the enemy had withdrawn from that point; but the ...

— A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital • John Beauchamp Jones

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