close-by

[klohs-bahy]

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adjective

nearby; adjacent; neighboring.

Origin of close-by

First recorded in 1620–30

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Related Words for close-by

neighboring, immediate, warm, adjoining, adjacent, nearby, accessible, available, handy, burning, touching, ready, close, bordering, abutting, nigh, abreast, alongside, around, beside

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Historical Examples of close-by

In France, there is, in one of the close-by suburbs of Paris, a cemetery for dogs.
Is Life Worth Living Without Immortality?
M. M. Mangasarian
He emerged upon an animated tableau of modern nymph and modish satyr in a close-by forest aisle.
The Landloper
Holman Day