Associations to the word «Nearby»

Wiktionary

NEARBY, adjective. Adjacent, near, very close
NEARBY, adverb. Next to, close to

Dictionary definition

NEARBY, adverb. Not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars".
NEARBY, adjective. Close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats