thereabouts
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Is thereabouts a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adv (English)
1. Synonym of thereabout:not-comparableobsolete
2. Synonym of thereabout:Examples: "Cam. [i.e., Canidus.] Our Fortune on the Sea is out of breath, And ſinkes moſt lamentably. Had our Generall Bin what he knew himſelfe, it had gone well: Oh his [i.e., he] ha's giuen example for our flight, Moſt groſſely by his owne. Eno[barbus]. I, are you thereabouts? Why then goodnight indeede."; "Cam[illo]. I dare not know (my Lord.) Pol[ixenes]. How, dare not? doe not? doe you know, and dare not? Be intelligent to me, 'tis thereabouts: For to your ſelfe, what you doe know, you muſt, And cannot ſay, you dare not."; "Amid[eo]. […] [D]o not work Upon my pity; for I feel already My ſtout heart melts. Hip[polito]. Oh! are you thereabouts?"figurativelynot-comparableobsolete
noun (English)
1. (possibly erroneous) Location; whereabouts.Examples: "True, he had stopped at Langston Bucket by chance, and there was no reason why Mr. Boke should theorise as to his thereabouts."; "My companions are not far off, and are aware of my thereabouts."pluralplural-only
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