Meanings
- not comparableSynonym of nearabout.
nearabouts the library, nearabouts ten o'clock
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c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court For where the majesty of a king's house draws recourse and access, it is both disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people, if the ways near-abouts be not fair and good […]
Synonyms: nearabout
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSynonym of nearabout.
Origin
From near + about + -s (see adverbial genitive).
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