Question

If you describe someone as d______, you mean that they are not concentrating on what they are doing because they are thinking about other things.If you describe someone as distant, you mean that they are not concentrating on what they are doing because they are thinking about other things.There was a distant look in her eyes from time to time, her thoughts elsewhere. adjectiveDistant means very far away.The mountains rolled away to a distant horizon....the war in that distant land.You use distant to describe a time or event that is very far away in the future or in the past .There is little doubt, however, that things will improve in the not too distant future.Last summer's drought is a distant memory.A distant relative is one who you are not closely related to.He's a distant relative of the mayor.They were distant cousins.His father's distantly related to the Royal family.If you describe someone as distant, you mean that you find them cold and unfriendly .He found her cold, ice-like and distant.He is direct and courteous but distant.If you describe someone as distant, you mean that they are not concentrating on what they are doing because they are thinking about other things.There was a distant look in her eyes from time to time, her thoughts elsewhere. B2

Accepted Answer

distant distantly

query	If you describe someone as d______, you mean that they are not concentrating on what they are doing because they are thinking about other things.If you describe someone as distant, you mean that they are not concentrating on what they are doing because they are thinking about other things. There was a distant look in her eyes from time to time, her thoughts elsewhere.
word	distant
full-definition	adjective Distant means very far away. The mountains rolled away to a distant horizon. ...the war in that distant land. You use distant to describe a time or event that is very far away in the future or in the past . There is little doubt, however, that things will improve in the not too distant future. Last summer's drought is a distant memory. A distant relative is one who you are not closely related to. He's a distant relative of the mayor. They were distant cousins. His father's distantly related to the Royal family. If you describe someone as distant, you mean that you find them cold and unfriendly . He found her cold, ice-like and distant. He is direct and courteous but distant. If you describe someone as distant, you mean that they are not concentrating on what they are doing because they are thinking about other things. There was a distant look in her eyes from time to time, her thoughts elsewhere.
inflections	distantly
cefr-level	B2

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