Very distant until now (2,3)
I believe the answer is:
so far
'until now' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'very distant' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'so' (I've seen this in other clues).
'distant' becomes 'far' ('far' can be similar in meaning to 'distant').
'so'+'far'='SO FAR'
(Other definitions for so far that I've seen before include "to a certain degree" , "Up until the present moment" , "To this point" , "till now" .)