遼りょう遠えん

na-adjective, noun

remote; far off; distant

Literary or formal word for great distance, both physical and abstract. Rare in modern conversation; more common equivalents are 遠い or 遥か.

• 遼りょう遠えんの地ちに思おもいを馳はせる。

  I let my thoughts wander to a distant land.

• その計けい画かくの実じつ現げんはまだ遼りょう遠えんだ。

  The realization of that plan is still far off.