/euh feeld"/ , adv.
1. abroad; away from home.
2. off the beaten path; far and wide: to go afield in one's reading.
3. off the mark: His criticism was totally afield.
4. in or to the field or countryside.
5. beyond the range or field of one's experience, knowledge, acquaintanceship, etc.: a philosophy far afield of previous philosophical thought.
[ bef. 1000; ME afelde, OE on felda. See A- 1 , FIELD ]