Distant /(?)/

Dis·tant

Distant

a.
  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.
  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.
  3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
    He passed me with a distant bow.
  4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
    Some distant knowledge.
    A distant glimpse.
  5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.