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(adj)
Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
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(not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose; spoken for.
At a distance; disconnected.
Remote, either in time or space.
(adv)
To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
From a place, hence.
(n)
The space beyond some limit or boundary.
(uncountable) The quality of being different.
A departure from the correct way of acting.
A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.
Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic.
Haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
Not sympathetic; ill-disposed
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
(of a thing) Having a low temperature.
(v)
(transitive) Often followed by from: to set (someone or something) at a distance (noun noun, sense 1.1) from someone or something else.
Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.
(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
Not anxious, apprehensive, or worried.
Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
not desiring the company of others
Not accessible or able to be reached.
(psychology) Introverted; not inclined to interact with other people.
Serving or tending to seclude (oneself); affecting seclusion.
Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
Tending not to communicate; not communicating.
Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.
Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
Without being attached.
By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
(uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
(obsolete) Without; outside; outwardly.
At or in the rear or back part of something.
(dialect) Free from restraints.
In a deserted manner; by itself; alone
(archaic) Without being seen; invisibly.
Without seeing.
(rare) Obscurely, without being known or noticed.
(rare) Not alone.
Without a friend; in a friendless manner.
Lacking something; failing.
(archaic) Only; merely; singly.
In a airless manner; without air.
A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
(of a home, business, or the occupants thereof) Not using electricity from the public electrical supply system.
(dated) Without attracting notice; unremarked upon.
In an eyeless way; without eyes.
In a shadeless way: exposedly, without shelter from the sun.
In a spaceless manner.
(obsolete) Level with the ground; lying flat.
(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.
In an armless way; without arms.
In a sourceless way; without a source.
(music) With abandonment; so as to make the time subordinate to the expression.
A place other than here.
In a moonless way; without a moon or the Moon.
Abbreviation of without. [(archaic or literary) Outside, externally.]
In an abiotic manner; in the absence of life.
(not comparable) Without feet.
Without observing.
(formal) Outside of that.
Without a place.
In an inattentive or careless manner: Of or pertaining to a lack of attention; not paying attention.
Without being involved.
(nautical) On, or towards the shore.
Without others or anything further; exclusively.
Without perceiving; obliviously.
Alternative form of offenselessly. [In an offenseless manner.]
Obsolete spelling of only. [Without others or anything further; exclusively.]
Without intimacy.
In or to a lower place.
To a degree that is negligible; so small or slight that it may be ignored.
In a homeless manner; without a home.
Without foam.
Without being noticed.
In a lightless way; without light.
Without affect or emotion.
In or into a state of floating.
In a limbless way; without limbs.
Without hearing.
Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
With abandon, without restraint.
In an unclouded way; without clouds or mental obstructions.
A job or performance done by one person alone.
Without an edge or edges.
Without (fixed) direction; aimlessly.
(rare) Without being aware; inadvertently.
In a fireless way; without fire.
(archaic) Without feeling fear.
Without an answer; without answering.
In a state or condition of inability or unwillingness to communicate.