farther
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(s) more distant in especially space or time
- they live in the farther house
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(r) to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage ("further" is used more often than "farther" in this abstract sense)
- further complicated by uncertainty about the future
- let's not discuss it further
- nothing could be further from the truth
- they are further along in their research than we expected
- the application of the law was extended farther
- he is going no farther in his studies
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(s) more distant in especially degree
- nothing could be further from the truth
- further from our expectations
- farther from the truth
- farther from our expectations
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(r) to or at a greater distance in time or space ("farther" is used more frequently than "further" in this physical sense)
- farther north
- moved farther away
- farther down the corridor
- the practice may go back still farther to the Druids
- went only three miles further
- further in the future