All 3 Uses
adjacent
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
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- Luigi pushed the stone behind her, for on the crest of a small adjacent hill which cut off the view toward Palestrina, he saw a traveller on horseback, stopping a moment, as if uncertain of his road, and thus presenting against the blue sky that perfect outline which is peculiar to distant objects in southern climes.†
Chpt 33-34adjacent = nearby
- At the sound of the fireworks the carriages instantly broke ranks, and retired by the adjacent streets.†
Chpt 35-36 *
- By diplomacy and success in arms he became almost supreme ruler of Albania, Epirus, and adjacent territory.†
Chpt 77-78
Definitions:
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(1)
(adjacent) very near -- often directly beside
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)