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Adjacent

adjective

Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space. Synonyms: next, side by side. "In the next room" , "The person sitting next to me" , "Our rooms were side by side"

Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching. Synonyms: conterminous, contiguous, neighboring. "The side of Germany conterminous with France" , "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho" , "Neighboring cities"

Near or close to but not necessarily touching. "New York and adjacent cities"

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... cabins and small barns, prize them just as highly as the people of a more favored section value their more luxurious abodes. We were glad to note the whitewashed cabins, well kept yards with roses at the gate, patches of marigolds under the window, and the ever present birdhouse and adjacent orchard. How at the sight one's memory goes back to other days with a wealth of emotion as refreshing as falling dew to thirsty flowers. One considers how to these people their humble homes may be priceless in their wealth of associations. They may be indeed far richer ...

— See America First • Orville O. Hiestand

... my own observation and from information received, a more detailed description of the Lewes River, its affluent streams, and the resources of the adjacent country. ...

— Klondyke Nuggets - A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest • Joseph Ladue

... you, Eric!' cried his wife, as she thrust her horse across his path from behind an adjacent rock. ...

— Border Ghost Stories • Howard Pease

... marine-store dealer, and in whose house lodged poor Miss Flite and Captain Hawdon, alias Nemo) into Chancery Lane, we arrive at the point from whence we diverged, and turn into Cursitor Street. Like other places adjacent, this street has been subjected to "improvements," and it is scarcely possible to trace "Coavinses," so well known to Mr. Harold Skimpole, or indeed the place of business and residence of Mr. Snagsby, the good-natured law stationer, and his jealous "little ...

— A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land • William R. Hughes

... and others have, by the licence and consent of Her Majesty, resorted to and settled on certain wild and unoccupied territories on the north-west coast of North America, commonly known by the designation of New Caledonia, and the islands adjacent, for mining and other purposes; and it is desirable to make some temporary provision for the civil government of such territories until permanent settlements shall be thereupon established, and the number of ...

— Handbook to the new Gold-fields • R. M. Ballantyne

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