Farther

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  • adverb. To or at a more distant or remote point.
  • adverb. To or at a more advanced point or stage.
  • adverb. To a greater extent or degree.
  • adjective. More distant; remoter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • At or to a greater distance; more distantly or remotely; beyond: as, be content without looking farther.
  • To a greater degree or extent; more; additionally.
  • To promote; advance; help forward. See further.
  • More remote; more distant: as, Farther India.
  • Tending or reaching to a greater distance; further: as, here his farther progress was stayed.
  • Additional; increased.
  • Foreign; distant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. More remote; more distant than something else.
  • adjective. Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.
  • adverb. At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond.
  • adverb. Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject.
  • adverb. (used elliptically for) go no farther; say no more, etc.
  • transitive verb. To help onward. [R.] See further.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. comparative form of far: more far Of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time.
  • adverb. comparative form of far: more far
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. more distant in especially degree
  • adjective. more distant in especially space or time
  • adverb. to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
  • adverb. to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
  • Word Usage
    "The geographer Guyot, himself a European, goes farther, —farther than I am ready to follow him; yet not when he says, —“As the plant is made for the animal, as the vegetable world is made for the animal world, America is made for the man of the Old World. …"
    Equivalent
    far  
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    further