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Definition of "hereabouts" []

  • Near here. (adverb)

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Use "hereabouts" in a sentence
  • "A local specialty hereabouts is green chili jelly."
  • "One of the peculiarities of the climate hereabouts is that one can always rely upon snow in the days before the holiday, with the result that it lies deep, crisp and, indeed, even in the village as carol singers with lanterns make their way from door to door."
  • "Larentia lay buried; the spot is at this day called Velabrum, because, the river frequently overflowing, they went over in ferry-boats somewhere hereabouts to the forum, the Latin word for ferrying being velatura."