close-by

[klohs-bahy]

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adjective

nearby; adjacent; neighboring.

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Origin of close-by

First recorded in 1620–30

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words

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

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