to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
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sample sentences
"farther north""moved farther away"
"farther down the corridor"
"the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"
"went only three miles further"
"further in the future"