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Russian
Etymology
в- (v-) + дали́ (dalí)
Pronunciation
Adverb
вдали́ • (vdalí)
- in the distance, afar (at a great distance)
1957, Борис Пастернак [Boris Pasternak], “Первая книга, Часть первая, Пятичасовой скорый, 2”, in Доктор Живаго, Milano: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore; English translation from Max Hayward and Manya Harari, transl., Doctor Zhivago, New York: Pantheon Books, 1958:С вокза́ла по сосе́дству ве́тер приноси́л плакси́вые пересви́стывания маневри́ровавших вдали́ парово́зов.- S vokzála po sosédstvu véter prinosíl plaksívyje peresvístyvanija manevrírovavšix vdalí parovózov.
- The station was near by, and they could hear the plaintive hooting of engines shunting in the distance.