Faraway
(adjective)
- Distant in space or time.
- Remote in space or time, situated or happening a long way off.
- Seeming remote and indistinct, as if seen from a great distance.
- Faint, vague, or indistinct.
Origin:
Late 16th century: from far + away.
Examples:
- The faraway islands were visible on the horizon.
- The sound of the ocean was a distant, faraway murmur.
- Her childhood memories seemed faraway and indistinct now.
- The city lights in the distance looked like a faraway constellation.
- The faraway look in her eyes suggested she was lost in thought.