All 3 Uses of
adjacent
in
Bleak House
- The adjacent low-lying ground for half a mile in breadth is a stagnant river with melancholy trees for islands in it and a surface punctured all over, all day long, with falling rain.†
Chpt 1-3
- Temple Bar gets so hot that it is, to the adjacent Strand and Fleet Street, what a heater is in an urn, and keeps them simmering all night.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- He takes Mrs. Snagsby by the hand and leads her aside to an adjacent cask.†
Chpt 31-33
Definition:
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(adjacent) very near -- often directly beside