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  1. adjective More distant in degree, time, or space: a result that was further from our expectations than last time; the further lamppost.
  2. adjective Additional: a further example; a further delay.
  3. adverb To a greater extent; more: considered further the consequences of her actions.
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  • If we trace hleow back a bit further, we find the Latin word calor , meaning "heat." —  The Word Detective
  • Wasilla is perhaps a thousand miles from Little Diamede (unable to quickly determine, anyone know?), and the capitol of Alaska is even further from the Russian border. —  Life is a State of Mind
  • They further postulate that a Greek word, '' anomia '', —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Complicating this further is the possibility of battery swapping stations, meaning that for every EV on the road, a supply of available charged batteries will also need to be present.
  • The family will thus become the school of virtue and the bulwark of society--the reciprocal influence of brothers and sisters thus trained will be of untold power on each other's character One word further, and I close. —  Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3
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  1. Middle English, from Old English furthra, from furthor, farther. Adv., from Middle English, from Old English furthor; see per1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also dial. furder; from Middle English further, forther (also ferther, farther, with the vowel of fer, far, modern far, later the irreg. farther, q. v., as compar, of far), from Anglo-Saxon furthor, furthur, further, forward, = Old Saxon furtho = OFries. further, forther, further, = D. vorders, further, besides (cf. verder, adverb and adjective, further, more), = Middle Low German vorder = Old High German furdir, furdar, furdor, further, away, onward, Middle High German vürder, German fürder, onward, hereafter; not, as usually stated, a comparative of forth (with comparative suffix -er), but comparative of fore, Anglo-Saxon for, fore, with the different comparative suffix -ther, as in other, either, whether, nether, etc., the same as -ter in after: see for, fore, and -ther, -ter. Forth is formed from the same base, for, fore, fore, with the suffix (appar, demonstrative) -th. The superlative furthest is modern, and is due partly to further, regarded as furth-er, and partly to farthest for farrest. See farther, farthest.
  2. Also dial. furder; not found as adjective in Middle English, where only the forms belonging to far are used adjectively: see further, adv., and far, farther, adv. and a. There was a similar and ult. related form, Middle English forther, fore, front, from Anglo-Saxon furthra, before 152 (in rank: L. prior, major), = Old Saxon forthoro (Schmeller) = OFries. fordera = Middle Low German vorder = Old High German fordaro, fordero, Middle High German G. vorder, fore, in front: of the same ult. elements as further, adv.
  3. Also dial. furder; from Middle English furtheren, furthren, fortheren, forthren, firthren, from Anglo-Saxon fyrthrian, fyrthran (= OFries. fordera = D. Middle Low German vorderen = Old High German furdiren, Middle High German vürdern, German fördern = Danish (be-) fordre = Swedish (be-) fordra), further, promote, advance, from furthor, further: see further, adv.
 

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