close-by

[ klohs-bahy ]

/ ˈkloʊsˈbaɪ /

adjective

nearby; adjacent; neighboring.

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of close-by

First recorded in 1620–30

Words nearby close-by

close to home, close up, close with, close, but no cigar, close-at-hand, close-by, close-cropped, close-fisted, close-fitting, close-grained, close-hauled

Example sentences from the Web for closeby

"It is a will," said Mr. Closeby, as he rolled out a sheet of parchment he had taken the precaution to bring.
Tried for Her Life|Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth