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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nearby \nearby\ a. & adv.
     situated near; as, the nearby towns. Opposite of {far away}.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  nearby
       adj : close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study
             on the nearby planet Venus"
       adv : not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the
             planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "nearby":
     about, accessible, adjacent, along toward, around, aside,
     at close quarters, at hand, away, beside, by, circa, close,
     close about, close at hand, close by, convenient, convenient to,
     easily reached, fast by, handy, hard, hard by, hereabout,
     hereabouts, immediate, in juxtaposition, in spitting distance,
     in the vicinity, near, near at hand, nearabout, nearabouts, nigh,
     nigh about, not far, on one side, on the side, only a step,
     propinquant, propinquous, ready at hand, round, sidelong,
     thereabout, thereabouts, to hand, to one side, to the side,
     within call, within earshot, within hearing, within reach
  
  

















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