Contiguously

//kənˈtɪɡjuəsli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a contiguous manner.

    "The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840."

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immediatelynearby

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"The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840."

Etymology

From contiguous + -ly.

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