The boats were drifting farther and farther apart. a resort town farther up the coastfarther1 adverbfarther2 adjective
fartherfar‧ther1 /ˈfɑːðə $ ˈfɑːrðər-/ adverb 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A reduced-power transmission would reach out to the fringe of our force and, it was hoped, not farther.
- A third of its people are homeless and many of them have fled Chechnya altogether in search of safety farther afield.
- If she strapped them down to make herself look boyish they just stuck out a foot farther down, and ached.
- It is now well known that distant galaxies are probably about 10 times farther away than Hubble inferred.
- The Navy and its shipyards remain, and have even gained work from closures farther up the coast.
- There could be other events, like the flamethrower attack on an observation post farther along the border.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The boats were drifting farther and farther apart. a resort town farther up the coast Two miles farther south is the village of Santa Catarina. Most of them were locals, but some had come from farther afield (=a greater distance away). The police decided not to take the matter any farther (=do more about it).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
1a greater distance than before or than something else; a comparative form of ‘far’ SYN further: The boats were drifting farther and farther apart. a resort town farther up the coast Two miles farther south is the village of Santa Catarina. Most of them were locals, but some had come from farther afield (=a greater distance away). The police decided not to take the matter any farther (=do more about it).· Britain has gone farther than any country in the West towards getting a balance between private affluence and public consumption.· But he went farther than Frankenstein, for his interests were also scientific.· There were warning signs now to deter people from going farther.· We have to go farther and farther out to show the real desert.· He cleared his mind and went farther into the vast cathedral.· Then he decided to go farther.· Herodotus can only get us so far; to go farther we need another guide.· Why did one balloon go farther or faster than another?
· Internet radio has moved farther down that last road.· Residents fearful of their wells becoming contaminated would like to see the one of the wells moved farther south.· The line of towns and smaller farms moved farther west.· Chemistry has lacked as players and coach move farther apart.
We decided not to go any farther.farther away/apart/down/along etc The boats were drifting farther and farther apart. a resort town farther up the coastfarther south/north etc Two miles farther south is the village of Santa Catarina. Most of them were locals, but some had come from farther afield (=a greater distance away).2if you do something farther, you do it more or to a greater degree SYN further: We’d better investigate farther. The police decided not to take the matter any farther (=do more about it).RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say further rather than farther, and furthest rather than farthest:· We decided not to take it any further.· This was the furthest away from home I’d ever been.farther1 adverbfarther2 adjective
fartherfarther2 adjective [only before noun] more distant; a comparative form of ‘far’ SYN further: A table stood at the farther end of the kitchen.