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Adjective farther has 2 senses

farther - more distant in especially space or time; "they live in the farther house"
Antonyms: near, close (indirect, via far)
further, farther - more distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations"
Antonyms: near, close (indirect, via far)

Adverbial far has 5 senses

far - to a considerable degree; very much; "a far far better thing that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together"
far - at or to or from a great distance in space; "he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other"
far - at or to a certain point or degree; "I can only go so far before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this kind of argument?"
far - remote in time; "if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past"
far - to an advanced stage or point; "a young man who will go very far"