(adv.) In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.
(adv.) In the present life or state.
(adv.) To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.
(adv.) At this point of time, or of an argument; now.
Example Sentences:
Hereabouts
Definition:
(adv.) About this place; in this vicinity.
(adv.) Concerning this.
Example Sentences:
(1) Just as the speed cameras on the A66 hereabouts bring traffic to a momentary dawdle, so Sharp Edge and Foule Crag directly overhead arrest the progress of the faster hilltop climbers making their way up the mountain, the 700ft of Skiddaw slate knife-blade needing extra concentration and care when iced.
(2) When he puts the paper down, he will probably pick up the jumper that lies beside him and darn a hole made by one of the ravening hordes of clothes moths living hereabouts, none of which he can morally justify swatting.
(3) Perhaps they go to the pub to eat the same local turbot and drink the same contraband Hollands gin that Byron enjoyed hereabouts.
(4) So many hereabouts say they were surprised by a conservative thinktank's proposal to further economic development by turning Maine's poorest county into a gigantic tax-free zone.