hereabout

or here·a·bouts

[ heer-uh-bout ]

adverb

1. about this place; in this neighborhood.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hereabout¹

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; here, about

Example Sentences

Hereabout, certainly, the boy played, running forward and back across the market.

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Hereabout is the well-stored shop of the librarian and publisher, never lacking custom in term-time.

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Whatever antiquities may at any time have been hereabout, they are now all perfectly obscured and buried by the Turkish buildings.

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We had always used sundials hereabout, till twelve or fourteen years ago, when a man came along with clocks to sell.

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There are folks livin' hereabout, but their way o' livin's kind o' tough.

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