close at hand

English

Adverb

close at hand (comparative more close at hand, superlative most close at hand)

Near spatially or temporally.
As I writer, I always keep a dictionary close at hand.

The time to board the plane was close at hand.

Further reading

“close at hand”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“close-at-hand”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“close by/at hand”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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