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Farther   /fˈɑrðər/   Listen
adverb
Farther  adv.  
1.
At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther.
2.
Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event.
No farther, (used elliptically for) go no farther; say no more, etc. "It will be dangerous to go on. No farther!"


adjective
Far  adj.  (farther and farthest are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest)  
1.
Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent. "They said,... We be come from a far country." "The nations far and near contend in choice."
2.
Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.
3.
Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated. "They that are far from thee ahsll perish."
4.
Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character. "He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther."
5.
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. Note: The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated.
By far, by much; by a great difference.
Far between, with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. "The examinations are few and far between."


Farther  adj.  
1.
Comparative of Far. More remote; more distant than something else. See Further.
2.
Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further. "Before our farther way the fates allow." "Let me add a farther Truth." "Some farther change awaits us."


verb
Farther  v. t.  To help onward. (R.) See Further.





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... exterminated them, being at least thirty to one. But the commanders of this fortunate detachment, immediately told Huascar that they would put him to death, if he did not instantly give orders to his army to retire: and at the same time assured him that his brother Atahualpa had no farther desire than to be permitted to enjoy the kingdom of Quito in peace, for which he would do homage to him as his king and lord. Huascar, terrified by the prospect of death, and believing their promise of restoration to liberty ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. IV. • Robert Kerr
... strained forward on the suitcase she was helping Hinpoha to carry down the hill and endeavored to catch up with the crowd, a proceeding which she soon acknowledged to be impossible, for Hinpoha, rendered breathless by the hasty scramble from the train, lagged farther behind with ...
— The Campfire Girls at Camp Keewaydin • Hildegard G. Frey
... Himself out in language that man can understand. God and man used to talk together freely. But one day man went away from God. And then he went farther away. He left home. He left his native land, Eden, where he lived with God. He emigrated from God. And through going away ...
— Quiet Talks about Jesus • S. D. Gordon
... with. In the "Latter-Day Pamphlets" he likened Christianity to a great tree, sprung from the seed of Nazareth, and since fed by the opulences of fifty generations; which now is perishing at the root, and sways to and fro ever farther and farther from the perpendicular; and which in the end must come down, and leave to those who found shelter beneath it and thought it infinite, a wholesome view of the upper eternal lights. And his contempt for controversial ...
— Arrows of Freethought • George W. Foote
... make a great effort to bring it back, and to open my eyes, because if I don't you think I'm ill. You don't mind if I shut them now, do you?—because I've explained about them, and holding them open does tire me so. I wish they could be propped open. And—my mind gets farther and further away every day. I hope you and Rachel won't think I am giving way if—sometime—I really can't bring it ...
— Red Pottage • Mary Cholmondeley


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