close at hand

English

Adverb

close at hand (comparative more close at hand, superlative most close at hand)

1. Near spatially or temporally.

   As I writer, I always keep a dictionary close at hand.

   The time to board the plane was close at hand.

Further reading

• “close at hand”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “close-at-hand”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “close by/at hand”, in Collins English Dictionary.