Meaning

Nearby; close at hand; nigh; adjacent..

Definitions by Sense

1. Nearby; close at hand; nigh; adjacent.
2. (now dialectal) Nearly.
3. (now dialectal) Nearby; near at hand.
4. (now dialectal) Nearby.

Example Sentences

We are nearer hand to the great coal districts, and there is a tendency for the men to go there. We are nearer hand to the great mining centres than are those that Mr. Scott represented

But whether, when he should break his camp at Forney's plantation, he would go northward after Morgan and the prisoners, or cross the river at some nearhand ford to chase our main, none of our scouts could tell us.

The person discovering the fire will immediately endeavor to extinguish it by the use of the nearest means at hand, such as suffocation by blankets or other material, use of w7ater, or the nearest hand fire extinguisher or pyrene outfit

And when I was nearhand the house, I met Menie, her daughter, and she told me that they had heard word from Sandy that morning [...].

but I will tell you that some of my coopers went into the fishing station and vomited, owing to the smell from the whales, and they declared to me when they came back that it was the last time they would go nearhand them

You'll be always nearhand us in Tierneys' mill.

Word Forms

• more nearhand
• most nearhand

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When Should You Use Nearhand?

Use nearhand when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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