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Associations of "Few and far between" (30 Words)
| about | Used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction. Dirty clothes lying around or about. |
| almost | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but. Blues jazz he can play almost anything. |
| approximate | Close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact. Sketched in an approximate likeness. |
| approximately | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct. Lasted approximately an hour. |
| approximation | An imprecise or incomplete account. The band smashed up their equipment in an approximation of rock star behaviour. |
| approximative | Not quite exact or correct. A crudely approximative outline. |
| around | All around or on all sides. She sleeps around. |
| broadly | In a wide fashion. He interprets the law broadly. |
| closely | In an attentive manner. The students had to answer questions closely related to what they just learned. |
| closeness | The quality of affection or intimacy in a relationship. The closeness of the race. |
| contiguous | Next or together in sequence. Five hundred contiguous dictionary entries. |
| equidistant | The same distance apart at every point. The line joins together all points which are equidistant from the two axes. |
| further | To or at a greater distance in time or space farther is used more frequently than further in this physical sense. Before going any further we need to define our terms. |
| 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. What a big little boy you are. |
| locality | An area or neighbourhood. The rock s size and locality. |
| locally | With reference to a particular area or one’s neighbourhood. The service control function is installed locally. |
| more | Moreover. More interesting. |
| near | Located on the nearside of a vehicle. The conflict is unlikely to be resolved in the near future. |
| nearby | Not far away in relative terms. Concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus. |
| nearly | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but. In the absence of anyone more nearly related I was designated next of kin. |
| 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. The fact that a storm may show up the poor condition of a flat roof does not signify that storm was the proximate cause of damage to it. |
| 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. Some forty people came. |
| throughout | From first to last. I am grateful for the way in which those who attended the inquiry conducted themselves throughout. |
| vicinity | A surrounding or nearby region. The abundance and vicinity of country seats. |