| adjective | more distant in especially space or time “they live in the farther house” |
| adjective | more distant in especially degree “nothing could be further from the truth” |
| adverb | to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense) “further complicated by uncertainty about the future” |
| adverb | to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense) “farther north” |
| adverb | to a considerable degree; very much “a far far better thing that I do” |
| adverb | at or to or from a great distance in space “he traveled far” |
| adverb | at or to a certain point or degree “I can only go so far before I have to give up” |
| adverb | remote in time “if we could see far into the future” |
| adverb | to an advanced stage or point “a young man who will go very far” |