Words · Common
farther
/ˈfɑɹðɚ/ · 7 letters · 6 distinct letters
- 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)
further complicated by uncertainty about the future
- adjective
more distant in especially space or time
they live in the farther house
- adverb
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
farther north
- adjective
more distant in especially degree
nothing could be further from the truth
- adverb
to a considerable degree; very much
a far far better thing that I do