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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-moht
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmoʊt



Definition of remoteness

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle French remot or directly from Latin remotus "afar off, remote, distant in place," past participle of removere "move back or away" (see remove (v.)). Related: Remotely; remoteness. Remote control "fact of controlling from a distance" is recorded from 1904; as a device which allows this from 1920.
  • noun distance
  • noun detachment
Example sentences :
  • All others, so far as she was concerned, existed only on the sufferance of remoteness.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • I confess that there was something eerie in the isolation and remoteness of St. nimie.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • There was, indeed, a certain charm in our remoteness from the outer world.
  • Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
  • He is here framing an ideal, without realising its remoteness.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • The remoteness of the situation gave the very boldness of his plan feasibility.
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • Despite his strangeness and remoteness, Apicius is not dead by any means.
  • Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius
  • The origin of this family fades away in the remoteness of antiquity.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • The remoteness of the locality would have robbed the statement of all interest.
  • Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
  • She was back from the remoteness of her meditation, very much so indeed.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • I had an idea that their distance from me was as nothing to my remoteness from them.
  • Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton

Synonyms for remoteness

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