Adjacently

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In such a way that one thing is positioned immediately beside another without any space in between
2. Describing two or more objects or locations that are directly next to each other in close proximity
3. Used to indicate that something is placed or located side by side or very near to something else

Etymology: Adjacently is a plain formation: the adjective "adjacent" with the adverbial ending "-ly" added. The adjective itself comes from Latin "adiacēns," the present participle of "adiacēre," meaning "to lie near or next to," built from "ad-" ("to" or "near") and "iacēre" ("to lie"). Its root goes back to the same verb family that gives English "iacere" and, more distantly, "jet" in its older sense of throwing. The "-ly" ending is the Old English suffix "-līċe," which came from a noun meaning "body" or "form" and turned adjectives into manner adverbs. Adding it to "adjacent" was an ordinary English process, so the adverb's meaning follows directly from the adjective's: something is placed so that it lies beside or very close to something else.

Synonyms: beside, next to, alongside, contiguously