Dictionary entry

Further

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fur″ther (?), adv. [A comparative of forth; OE. further, forther, AS. fur�or, far�ur; akin to G. fürder. See Forth, adv.] To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.

Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar company. M. Arnold.

They sdvanced us far as Eleusis and Thria; but no further. Jowett (Thucyd.).

Further off, not so near; apart by a greater distance.