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Nearby   /nˈɪrbˈaɪ/   Listen
Nearby

adjective
1.
Close at hand.  "Concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"
adverb
1.
Not far away in relative terms.  "The planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"





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"Nearby" Quotes from Famous Books



... there came a break in the daily routine. One morning Skipper was not led out as usual. In fact, no one came near him, and he could hear no voices in the nearby shanty. Skipper decided that he would take a day off himself. By backing against the door he readily pushed it open, for the ...
— Horses Nine - Stories of Harness and Saddle • Sewell Ford
... arms the pretty child who toddled across the floor and threw herself upon him with a shriek of delight. With a gravity befitting his great responsibility, he seated himself upon a nearby chair, holding the baby close to him and smoothing back the ...
— The Alchemist's Secret • Isabel Cecilia Williams
... dodged, and then struck out a second time. The blow landed upon St. John's hand, and he jerked back quickly. The movement scared the horse, and the animal plunged so violently that the rider was thrown from the saddle into some nearby bushes. Then the horse galloped away, leaving ...
— Young Captain Jack - The Son of a Soldier • Horatio Alger and Arthur M. Winfield
... crackling of the flames, above the drawing and sighing of the wind, there now came a strange sound which seemed to proceed from the fire-tinted clouds above. Now and then branches of the nearby trees stirred mysteriously, and at times a wild shriek rose ...
— Boy Scouts in an Airship • G. Harvey Ralphson
... In the nearby city of box-like houses, where the workers lived, there was an echoing stir. Lights glowed in the windows of the tiny homes. People were awakened in the night by the sudden cessation ...
— The Whispering Spheres • Russell Robert Winterbotham


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