I. adverb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
far/further/farthest afield
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As his main hobby is sailing. and his friends have visited places as far afield as Cherbourg.
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But they have travelled as far afield as Belfast and Aberdeen.
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His success extends even further afield to victories at the Barbican in London.
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Some students venture further afield and choose courses in the Faculties of Arts or Social Sciences.
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The Takaroa operates from Cairns, and allows the visiting diver to venture further afield .
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To explore further afield , bicycle hire is available.
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You would probably peep out first, start looking round close to the spaceship and then start going further afield .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Barry lived on an estate on the side of Thirkett farthest away from Little Knoll.
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Ten hours to Inverness, farthest of all - details he learned for an unwritten tale.
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The good old master volume slider sits farthest right.
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There seemed to be a door cut into the wall that was farthest away from the window.
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Vi took a corner seat farthest away from the door.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Astronomers bootstrap from nearby stars to more distant constellations to the farthest edges of the universe.
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At their farthest point from the Sun, at aphelion, most NEAs find themselves deep in the heart of the belt.
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The hangar doors on the farthest building had been opened to bring out the helicopter.
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They manufacture this liquid in nectaries that are usually located in the farthest depths of a flower.