Nearby
['nɪəbaɪ] or [,nɪr'baɪ]
Definition
(adj.) close at hand; 'the nearby towns'; 'concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus' .
(adv.) not far away in relative terms; 'she works nearby'; 'the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars'.
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Examples
- When the large cannons in the forts on our coast are discharged during target practice, there are usually a lot of windows broken in the nearby houses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There was the Thomson reflecting mirror galvanometer and electrometer, while nearby were the standard cells by which the galvanometers were adjusted and standardized. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Come, we will go to some nearby window in the cliff and make sure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Their thoats were found wandering upon the sea bottom and evidences of a bloody conflict were discovered nearby. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I gave him time to return to his quarters, as Xodar said he probably would do, then I sprang to the grated window and surveyed the nearby waters. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- His eyes rested upon the open doorway of a nearby hut. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I turned again in time to see the gate of a nearby cage thrown open and three monstrous white apes spring into the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Two keen eyes had watched every move of the party from the foliage of a nearby tree. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Nearby was the gasoline plant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Now and again a black warrior would rush from a nearby temple bearing a young woman in his arms. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Often at night, in the small hours, all would adjourn for refreshments to a famous resort nearby, to discuss the events of to-day and to-morrow, full of incident and excitement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nearby was a large, handsome house with its ample front illuminated in the same way, and above its roof floated the Star-Spangled Banner of America. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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