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nearness etc. adj.
proximity, propinquity
vicinity, vicinage
neighborhood, adjacency
contiguity etc. Contiguity. short distance, short step, short cut
earshot, close quarters, stone's throw
bow shot, gun shot, pistol shot
hair's breadth, span. purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, environs, suburbs, confines, banlieue, borderland
whereabouts. bystander
neighbor, borderer. approach etc. [Motion towards.] Approach
convergence etc. [Motion nearer to.] Convergence
perihelion.

near, nigh
hard by, fast by
close to, close upon
hard upon
at the point of
next door to
within reach, within call, within hearing, within earshot
within an ace of
but a step, not far from, at no great distance
on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of
in the environs etc. n.
at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's finger's end, at one's side
on the tip of one's tongue
under one's nose
within a stone's throw etc. n.
in sight of, in presence of
at close quarters
cheek by jole, cheek by jowl
beside, alongside, side by side, tete-a-tete
in juxtaposition etc. (touching) Contiguity
yardarm to yardarm, at the heels of
on the confines of, at the threshold, bordering upon, verging to
in the way. about
hereabouts, thereabouts
roughly, in round numbers
approximately, approximatively
as good as, well-nigh.

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