Definition of Hereabouts

1. Adverb. In this general vicinity. "The people are friendly hereabouts"

Exact synonyms: Hereabout

Definition of Hereabouts

1. Adverb. Near here. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hereabouts

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hereabouts

here's to
here(p)
here and now
here and there
here be dragons
here be monsters
here below
here goes nothing
here lies
here to stay
here we go
here we go again
here you are
here you go
hereabout
hereabouts
hereafter
hereafters
hereafterward
hereat
hereaway
hereaways
herebefore
hereby
heredes
herediatry spinal ataxia
hereditabilities
hereditability
hereditable
hereditably

Literary usage of Hereabouts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1902)
"They will go no farther, for hereabouts they live. After vain entreaties the passengers pay the fare, and land, it would seem somewhere about the Temple ..."

2. Through China with a Camera: By John Thomson by John Thomson (1898)
"Everything hereabouts shone with freshness and beauty, ... Some of the small temples hereabouts differed from any which I had seen in China, having their ..."

3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... Hereabouts, hcre'a-bouts. ad. about this son [cell Here, hire. ad. in this place or state Hermit, htr'mît. s. a solitary devout per- Hereafter, ..."

4. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Several persuasions hereabouts, and endeavours of men to that end. Their issues. IT is the manner of men of all persuasions, who undertake to treat of ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Hereabouts on Dictionary.com!Search for Hereabouts on Thesaurus.com!Search for Hereabouts on Google!Search for Hereabouts on Wikipedia!

Search