close at hand in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more close at hand",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most close at hand",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-adv"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "text": "As I writer, I always keep a dictionary close at hand.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The time to board the plane was close at hand.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Near spatially or temporally."
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          "spatially",
          "spatially"
        ],
        [
          "temporally",
          "temporally"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close at hand"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more close at hand",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most close at hand",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "close at hand"
      },
      "expansion": "close at hand (comparative more close at hand, superlative most close at hand)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "As I writer, I always keep a dictionary close at hand.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The time to board the plane was close at hand.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Near spatially or temporally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
          "spatially",
          "spatially"
        ],
        [
          "temporally",
          "temporally"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close at hand"
}

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"close at hand" meaning in English

Adverb