Further and farther share meanings relating to distance, whether spatial, temporal, or metaphorical. They're used interchangeably as adjectives meaning "more distant," and also as adverbs meaning …

Grammar Farther, farthest or further, furthest? Farther and further are comparative adverbs or adjectives. They are the irregular comparative forms of far. We use them to talk about distance. …

FURTHER definition: at or to a greater distance; farther. See examples of further used in a sentence.

Definition of further adverb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Further means a greater distance than before or than something else. Now we live further away from the city centre. He came to a halt at a crossroads fifty yards further on. Further to the south are some of …

1. More distant in degree, time, or space: a result that was further from our expectations than last time; the further lamppost. 2. Additional: a further example; a further delay.

far (fär), adv., adj., far•ther or fur•ther, far•thest or fur•thest.