Usually means: Very close or near to.
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  1. hard by: Merriam-Webster
  2. hard by: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hard by: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hard-by, hard by: Wordnik
  5. hard by: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hard by: Wiktionary
  7. Hard by, hard by: Dictionary.com
  8. Hard By: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. hard by: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Hard by: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. hard by: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ adverb:  (dated) nearby; in close proximity.

Similar:
close to, adjacent to, near, arduous, bad, big, challenging, complicated, difficult, difficulty, more...

Phrases:
hard done by, hard to come by, hit hard by a smell, more...

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Similar:
close to, adjacent to, near, arduous, bad, big, challenging, complicated, difficult, difficulty, more...

Phrases:
hard done by, hard to come by, hit hard by a smell, more...



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