Adjoining
Close to
Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- nearly and adjoining
- nearly and close to
- practically and adjoining
- practically and close to
- touching and adjoining
- touching and close to
- near and adjoining
- near and close to
- overlooking and adjoining
- overlooking and close to
- adjacent and adjoining
- adjacent and close to
- nearby and adjoining
- nearby and close to
Both terms in one sentence
- There was also a "Moroccan Quarter", a part of the city adjoining the Muslim and Jewish Quarters inhabited by Moroccan Muslims; it was demolished a few days after the Israeli seizure of the Old City for being too close to the Western Wall and absorbed into the Jewish Quarter.
Source: Useful Notes / Jerusalem
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