Emily Dickinson Lexicon

distant, adj. [Fr. < L. distānt-em, standing apart, separate, different.] (webplay: behind, bloody, course, crown, heart, heaven, hour, leave, natural, ran, shy, slight, small, succession, time, two).

1. Further; far away; [fig.] other; alternate.
2. Remote; far off; [fig.] not of this world.
3. Not near; not close; [fig.] heavenly; unearthly.
4. Future; hereafter; paradisaical; other-worldly; in the next life; pertaining to the afterlife.
5. Aloof; untouchable; unapproachable.
6. Unconnected; dissociated; foreign; alien; extraneous; immaterial; futile; ineffectual; not related.
7. Formal; [fig.] unseen; invisible; unknown; [irony] shy; reclusive; secluded.
8. Separate; distinct; apart; isolated; divided physically; removed in place; in a different realm.
9. Elusive; unrecoverable; far gone; [fig.] delirious; incoherent; comatose; unconscious; unresponsive.
10. Strange; exotic; unnatural; unexpected.
11. Unfamiliar; uncommon.