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remote

adjective
  1. Far from others in space, time, or relationship: distant, far, faraway, far-flung, far-off, removed. Idiom: at a distance. See near, time
  2. Far from centers of human population: back, insular, isolated, lonely, lonesome, obscure, outlying, out-of-the-way, removed, secluded, solitary. Idiom: off the beaten path (or track). See near
  3. Small in degree, especially of probability: faint, negligible, outside, slender, slight, slim. See big
  4. Not friendly, sociable, or warm in manner: aloof, chill, chilly, cool, distant, offish, reserved, reticent, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, withdrawn. See attitude, hot

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