(adv.) At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.

a rebours a reculons absconded absent afar against the grain aloof anticlockwise apart arear aside ass-backwards astern asunder at a distance at once back backward backwards counterclockwise deleted departed directly disappeared distal distant distantly elsewhere elsewhither exotic expeditiously extinct far far off faraway forth forthwith fro gone gone away hence hindward hindwards immediately in juxtaposition in reverse instanter instantly lacking long-distance long-range lost lost to sight lost to view missing momentarily nearby no longer present no more nonattendant nonexistent not found not here not present now off omitted on one side on the side out out of sight over past and gone promptly pronto punctually quickly rearward rearwards remote remotely removed retrad right right away right off separated sidelong somewhere else speedily straight straightway subtracted swiftly taken away thence therefrom thereof to one side to the side vanished wanting whence widdershins wide apart wide away