If you say that something is far from a particular thing or far from being the case, you are emphasizing that it is not that particular thing or not at all the case, especially when people expect or assume that it is.
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It was obvious that much of what they recorded was far from the truth.
Far from being relaxed, we both felt so uncomfortable we hardly spoke.
It is still far from clear exactly what the Thais intend to do.
Synonyms: not at all, not, by no means, absolutely not More Synonyms of far from
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far from in British English
in a degree, state, etc, remote from
we are far from finished
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Examples of 'far from' in a sentence
far from
Everybody calls him B. B. He lives on the airport side not far from the Shangri La Hotel.
Robert Wilson INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
You might find the rules a little different this far from Fardohnya.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
All related terms of 'far from'
far from it
You can use the expression ' far from it ' to emphasize a negative statement that you have just made.
a far cry from
Something that is a far cry from something else is very different from it.
far be it from me
I would not presume ; on no account
a far cry from something
very different from something mentioned or experienced earlier
far be it from me to do sth
You say far be it from me to disagree , or far be it from me to criticize , when you are disagreeing or criticizing and you want to appear less hostile .
Chinese translation of 'far from'
far from
一点(點)也不 (yīdiǎn yě bù)
⇒ His hands were far from clean.他的手一点也不干净。 (Tā de shǒu yīdiǎn yě bù gānjìng.)