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  1. 1. a. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance. Source: opted
  5. 5. a. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity. Source: opted
  6. 6. adj. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. remote in manner Source: wordnet
  9. 9. adj. separate or apart in time Source: wordnet
  10. 10. adj. located far away spatially Source: wordnet
  11. 11. 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak. 2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives. The success of these distant enterprises. Prescott. 3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner. He passed me with a distant bow. Goldsmith. 4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance. Some distant knowledge. Shak. A distant glimpse. W. Irving. 5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity. Syn. -- Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct. Source: webster
  12. 12. j:100 a. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance a. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship s. separate or apart in time s. located far away spatially Source: ecdict

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