inby

/ ɪnˈbaɪ /

adverb

1. into the house or an inner room; inside; within
2. dialect.
   towards or near the house

adjective

1. dialect.
   located near or nearest to the house

   the inby field

Word History and Origins

Origin of inby¹

C18: from in (adv) + by (adv)

Example Sentences

InBy the 1860s, music halls were drawing crowds twice as large as the old West End theatres, whose owners launched various countermeasures – including downright duplicitous manipulation of licensing loopholes – to get their rivals closed down.

From The Guardian

Orion’s first manned flight is scheduled to take place inby 2023.

From The Guardian

The Heart Broke inby James Meek Ritchie Shepherd, the former sex-god frontman of the rock band Lazygods, now in his paunchy and self-indulgent 40s, is running a faked-up talent show called Teen Makeover, and having sex with the underage talent.

From The Guardian

Illustration: Matt Blease Outside Inby Peter Hain Buy it from the Guardian bookshop Search the Guardian bookshop Tell us what you think: Star-rate and review this book This is the story of an outsider turned insider, from anti-apartheid militant to sell-out.

From The Guardian

How the Light Gets Inby M J Hyland Lou, whisked away from her working-class Australian roots by a programme for gifted teenagers, yearns for privacy and sleep as well as the creature comforts of the orderly, well-heeled American small town where she is spending a school year.

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