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far cry

noun

Etymology

In allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.

Definitions

  1. A long distance, in terms of dissimilarity or difference.

    • Life in the big city was a far cry from his upbringing on a quiet, small farm.
    • The perineometer of Kagele was unheard of and the hormonology of today is a far cry from the rather crude and relatively weak hormones available in the early and mid-thirties.

  2. Very much

    Very much; to a great extent or degree; by far.

    • a far cry taller

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA