'farther' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'farther' with 12 example sentences.
- farther adjective
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: more distant in especially space or time
: more distant in especially degree
- farther adverb
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: to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
: to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
The school is farther than the station.
He was too tired to walk any farther.
They walked three miles farther.
Farther on, we came upon a house.
I can't go any farther.
Luna is close by. Mars is much farther away.
Columbus sailed farther west to look for a new continent.
Are you going much farther?
They did not wish to go any farther.
They moved farther away from the fire.
We cannot go any farther without a rest.
He went no farther than the gate.