"nearby" in the adjective sense
1. nearby
close at hand
"the nearby towns"
"concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"
"nearby" in the adverb sense
1. nearby
not far away in relative terms
"she works nearby"
"the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"
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