Nearhand
adj, adv, prep ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Nearby; close at hand; nigh; adjacent.
"We are nearer hand to the great coal districts, and there is a tendency for the men to go there. We are nearer hand to the great mining centres than are those that Mr. Scott represented"
- 1 Nearly. dialectal, not-comparable
- 2 Nearby; near at hand. dialectal, not-comparable
- 1 Nearby. dialectal
"And when I was nearhand the house, I met Menie, her daughter, and she told me that they had heard word from Sandy that morning [...]."
Example
More examples"We are nearer hand to the great coal districts, and there is a tendency for the men to go there. We are nearer hand to the great mining centres than are those that Mr. Scott represented"
Etymology
From Middle English nerhand, nerehand, nerehonde, equivalent to near + hand.
From Middle English nerehand, nerhond, nerehande, equivalent to near + hand.
From Middle English nerhand, nerehand, nerhande, from the adverb (above). Equivalent to near + hand.
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