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Associations of "Far and few between" (30 Words)
| about | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct. There was a lot of flu about. |
| almost | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but. Blues jazz he can play almost anything. |
| approximate | Located close together. The approximate time was 10 o clock. |
| approximately | Imprecise but fairly close to correct. Lasted approximately an hour. |
| approximation | The act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue. Newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events. |
| approximative | (of a method, description, etc.) giving only an approximation to something. A crudely approximative outline. |
| around | All around or on all sides. Frigid weather the year around. |
| broadly | In a wide fashion. He interprets the law broadly. |
| closely | In a careful and attentive way. The real world injuries closely mirrored the university s experimental data. |
| closeness | The quality of being done in an attentive and thorough way. Their closeness grew as the night wore on. |
| contiguous | Next or together in sequence. The Southern Ocean is contiguous with the Atlantic. |
| equidistant | The same distance apart at every point. The line joins together all points which are equidistant from the two axes. |
| further | In addition or furthermore. Wages have been driven down even further. |
| least | Used in names of very small animals and plants e g least shrew. He had a knack for showing up when he was least expected. |
| little | Small and of little importance. He reminded me a little of my parents. |
| locality | An area or neighbourhood. It is a rugged locality. |
| locally | By a particular locality. The service control function is installed locally. |
| more | Forming the comparative of adjectives and adverbs especially those of more than one syllable. We have no more bananas. |
| near | Located on the nearside of a vehicle. My sisters and brothers are near and dear. |
| nearby | Close by. The nearby towns. |
| nearly | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but. A rise of nearly 25 per cent. |
| neighboring | Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching. Neighboring cities. |
| perigee | Periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth. |
| perihelion | Periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun. Today Mercury is at perihelion. |
| proximate | Nearly accurate approximate. News of his proximate arrival. |
| proximity | A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit. Do not operate microphones in close proximity to television sets. |
| roughly | With roughness or violence rough is an informal variant for roughly. The narrative is roughly speaking contemporary with the earliest of the gospels. |
| some | To some extent quite a lot. That was some party. |
| throughout | Used to refer to cited works. The house is in good order throughout. |
| vicinity | The area near or surrounding a particular place. The plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville. |