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Definition of Far cry

1. Noun. Distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry. "It's a far cry from here"

2. Noun. A disappointing disparity. "It was a far cry from what he had expected"

Definition of Far cry

1. Noun. (idiomatic) Something very dissimilar or different. ¹

2. Adverb. much: to a great extent or degree ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Far Cry

far-famed far-fetched far-field far-flung far-off far-out far-reaching far-right far-sighted far Western analysis

far and away far and near far and wide far away far be it far cry (current term) far east far fetched far from far gone

far left far off far out far point far point of convergence far point of eye far points far post far right far sight

Literary usage of Far cry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"For this, that thou prayest ill things, thy prayers are an anger-rent scroll; The chamber of audit is closed, — 't is a far cry to Heaven, my soul, — Oh, ..."

2. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company, Steven C. Stultz, John B. Litto (1913)
"The possibility of loss of human life should also be considered, though this may seem a far cry from the question of repair costs. ..."

3. Soldier Songs by Patrick MacGill (1917)
"IT'S A FAR, far cry IT'S a far, far cry to my own land, A hundred leagues or more, To moorlands where the fairies flit In Rosses and Gweedore, ..."

4. Fiji and Its Possibilities by Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw (1907)
"FIJI AND ITS POSSIBILITIES CHAPTER I DESCRIPTIVE AND HUMOROUS A far cry to Fiji—The Wonderful Hills—History of Fiji- Link between Eastern and Western ..."

5. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"far cry from. It it a far fry from . . . to . . . ; as, it is a tar cry from ... Sir Walter Scott several times uses the phrase " It's a far cry to Lochow ..."

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