Distant and Rural

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Distant adjective - Not close in time or space.

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Rural and distant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rural" instead an adjective "Distant".

Nearby Words: distance, distantly

Rural adjective - Of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people.

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Distant and rural are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distant" instead an adjective "Rural".

Nearby Word: rurally

As one of the annotations puts it:Sanderson: A lot of fantasy novels like to make their setting someplace akin to rural England, and theyll talk of distant countries that have exotic spices, dyes, and trade goods.

Source: Literature / Warbreaker
Set in the future, student doctor Driscoll Rampart expects to become a physician to the rich and powerful; but is required by his school to perform his internship on a distant, rural planet named Rusta, orbiting a white dwarf star.

Source: Film / White Dwarf
A suburban neighborhood within view of Dallas has a desert environment — but the Dallas sprawl spreads out so far that the city is too distant to see from any rural area, and North Texas, especially near Dallas, is nearly all grassland, not desert.

Source: Film / The X-Files: Fight the Future

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