Hereabouts
adv
adv ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Near here. not-comparable
"The people hereabouts are pretty decent folk."
Adverb
- 1 in this general vicinity wordnet
Example
More examples"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).