The quality or state of being far away; the abstract sense of distance, both physical and emotional, or a dreamy, distracted quality in someone's demeanor.
Compound of 'faraway' (from Old English 'feor' meaning far, plus 'away') plus the suffix '-ness,' which creates nouns from adjectives by indicating a state or quality.
Writers use 'farawayness' to describe that look in someone's eyes when they're mentally elsewhere—it's the difference between being distant and being 'in a far away place' mentally, a poetic concept that language captures beautifully!
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