Hereabouts

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Near here. not-comparable

    "The people hereabouts are pretty decent folk."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in this general vicinity wordnet

Synonyms

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aboardaboutaroundat handclosehard

Example

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"I should be sorry indeed to leave behind me such a reputation as I seem to have hereabouts—though, indeed, a man is very helpless in these cases. He is at a hopeless disadvantage when a woman is his traducer. I can see that Jim Urquhart will never be a friend of mine again, whatever happens."

Etymology

From hereabout + -s (See adverbial genitive).

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