Synonyms:
nearby
Meaning: close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
nearby
Meaning: not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"
Usage examples
We have power enough, but there are no stars nearby.
The keep stood nearby, solitary, a massive pile of black rock.
It had noted the sound of voices nearby, and awakened him, as if he had been shaken by a rough hand.
"Oh, I didn't do that to show off!" Barbara Warner flushed hotly as she met the eyes of the nearby spectators.
They were sitting in a nearby car while Feldman enjoyed the scenery, Chris made further plans, and Harnett gathered material.
At the same instant a dozen red warriors leaped from the entrance of a nearby ersite palace, pursuing the abductor with naked swords and shouts of rageful warning.
As though trained for years in this particular evolution, the green Martians melted like mist into the spacious doorways of the nearby buildings, until, in less than three minutes, the entire cavalcade of chariots, mastodons and mounted warriors was nowhere to be seen.