nearabout

adv

Etymology

From near + about.

  1. inherited from about
  2. inherited from abūtan
  3. inherited from aboute
  4. compounded as nearabout — “near + about

Definitions

  1. Near, nearly, almost.

    • nearabout the library
    • nearabout ten o'clock
    • I nearabout fell out my chair.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA