about | (adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | Synonyms: approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some |
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(adverb) in the area or vicinity | Synonyms: around |
(adverb) in or to a reversed position or direction | Synonyms: around |
(adverb) in rotation or succession | - |
(adverb) used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction | Synonyms: around |
(adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
(adverb) all around or on all sides | Synonyms: around |
but | (adverb) and nothing more | Synonyms: just, merely, only, simply |
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hereabout | (adverb) in this general vicinity | Synonyms: hereabouts |
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out | (adverb) away from home | - |
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(adverb) from one's possession | Synonyms: away |
(adverb) moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden | - |
thereabout | (adverb) near that place | Synonyms: thereabouts |
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(adverb) near that time or date | Synonyms: thereabouts |
throughout | (adverb) from first to last | Synonyms: end-to-end |
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(adverb) used to refer to cited works | Synonyms: passim |