Also Inflected form of far
farther
fart·her
adverb
1.
2.
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
- “farther north”
- “moved farther away”
- “farther down the corridor”
- “the practice may go back still farther to the Druids”
- “went only three miles further”
- “further in the future”
adjective
1.
2.
more distant in especially degree
- “nothing could be further from the truth”
- “further from our expectations”
- “farther from the truth”
- “farther from our expectations”
Origin
Variant of further.
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Word family
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