Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FAR, adv.

1. To a great extent or distance of space; as, the far extended ocean; we are separated far from each other. Only ye shall not go very far away. Ex. viii.
2. Figuratively, distantly in time from any point; remotely. He pushed his researches very far into antiquity.
3. In interrogatories, to what distance or extent. How far will such reasoning lead us?
4. In great part; as, the day is far spent.
5. In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much. Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Prov. xxxi. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better. Phil. i.
6. To a certain point, degree or distance. This argument is sound and logical, as far as it goes. Answer them How far forth you do like their articles. Shak. From far, from a great distance; from a remote place. Far from, at a great distance; as, far from home; far from hope. Far off, at a great distance. They tarried in a place that was far off. 2 Sam. xv. #2. To a great distance. Lo then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Ps. lv. #3. In a spiritual sense, alienated; at enmity; in a state of ignorance and alienation. Ye, who were sometime far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Eph. ii. Far other, very different. Pope.