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aboutadverb on all sides or in every directionpeople standing about waiting for a salesclerk to assist them toward the opposite directionturned about and saw the dog following him around, back, backward(or backwards), round behind, down, downward(or downwards), rearward(also rearwards)obversely, reverselyacross, athwart, counter, counterclockwise, widdershins(also withershins) clockwise, deasil very close to but not completelyabout as many attendees as last year signed up for the conference all but, almost, borderline, fair(chiefly British), fairly, feckly(chiefly Scottish), more or less, most, much, near, nearly, next to, nigh, practically, somewhere, virtually, well-nigh appreciably, by and large, chiefly, largely, mainly, mostlykind of, partially, partly, somewhat as good as, just about, pretty much, within an inch of absolutely, altogether, completely, entirely, fully, plain, plumb(chiefly dialect), quite, thoroughlytotally, utterly, well, whollybarely, hardly, scarcely close to but not exactlyit's about a mile to the nearest gas station we're about ready to get started approximately, around, like, more or less, much, near, plus or minus, roughly, say, some generally, kind of, looselynearly, nominally, practically, virtually, well-nigh after a fashion, somewhere about, somewhere around exactly, precisely due, even, just, sharp, smack-dab, squarely in one place and anotherhis garage was a dirty, cluttered place with various tools and engine parts just lying about aboutprepositionhaving to do witha poignant story about a young man who goes off to war apropos, apropos of, as far as, as for, as regards(also as respects), as to, concerning, of, on, regarding, respecting, touching, toward(or towards) over in regard to, in respect to, in view of, with regard to, with respect to close toabout the hedge there was a picket fence around, by, near, next to, nigh alongside, besideacross, along, atcircatoward(or towards) next door to in random positions within the boundaries ofsparrows hopping about the lawn near the bird feeder across, around, over, round, through, throughout on before the 12th century |