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far-reaching, a.
(stress variable)
[f. far adv. 8 + reaching ppl. a.]
That reaches far; extensive (lit. and fig.); exerting an influence or producing an effect which extends far in space or time.
1824Newman Poems, To H. E. N. xii, The dusky heath far-reaching. 1849J. R. Lowell To W. L. Garrison 18 in Poet. Wks. (1891) 116 Rome's far-reaching bolts. 1860Ruskin in Cornhill Mag. Sept. 284 That which seems to be wealth may be only the gilded index of far-reaching ruin. 1874H. Sidgwick Meth. Ethics 245 A fundamental conflict of ideas, which appears more profound and far-reaching in its consequences the more we examine it. 1894Pop. Sci. Monthly XLIV. 572 Geology formed a subject of far-reaching importance. 1900Daily News 1 Mar. 2/1 A number of far-reaching caves. 1913J. G. Frazer Psyche's Task (ed. 2) 168 Such mental variations, with all their far-reaching train of social consequences. 1950L. S. Thornton Revelation & Mod. World v. 149 This far-reaching continuity of revelation. 1971Guardian Weekly 24 Apr. 5/1 The implications of the new controversy are far-reaching.
Hence far-ˈreachingly adv.; also far-ˈreachingness.
c1850Bagehot To R. C. Ch. iii. in Wks. (1915) I. 12 With hand of power and thoughts of light, As Britain seas, far-reachingly. 1893Harper's Mag. May 821 The most far-reachingly beneficial expression of this fostering policy. 1901S. Butler in H. F. Jones Mem. (1919) I. 264, I was oppressed and scared by the far-reachingness and daring of what I had done. |