What is another word for fast by?

Pronunciation: [fˈast bˈa͡ɪ] (IPA)

"Fast by" is a phrase often used to indicate a person or object's proximity to something that is moving quickly. There are several synonyms for this phrase that can be used to add variety and nuance to your writing. Some examples include "nearby," "close to," "alongside", "adjacent to," and "beside." Other variations might include "next to," "side by side," "in the vicinity of," and "in close proximity to." Using synonyms can help you to avoid repeating the same words over and over again in your writing, and can give your writing a more polished and professional feel.

What are the hypernyms for Fast by?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Fast by

  • When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow.
    Emil Zatopek
  • Soon after this the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning to my native country, or even the least glimpse of hope of gaining the shore, which I now considered as friendly; and I even wished for my former slavery in preference to my present situation, which was filled with horrors of every kind, still heightened by my ignorance of what I was to undergo. I was not long suffered to indulge my grief; I was soon put down under the decks, and there I received such a salutation in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life: so that, with the loathsomeness of the stench, and crying together, I became so sick and low that I was not able to eat, nor had I the least desire to taste any thing. I now wished for the last friend, death, to relieve me; but soon, to my grief, two of the white men offered me eatables; and, on my refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by the hands, and laid me across I think the windlass, and tied my feet, while the other flogged me severely. I had never experienced any thing of this kind before; and although, not being used to the water, I naturally feared that element the first time I saw it, yet nevertheless, could I have got over the nettings, I would have jumped over the side, but I could not; and, besides, the crew used to watch us very closely who were not chained down to the decks, lest we should leap into the water: and I have seen some of these poor African prisoners most severely cut for attempting to do so, and hourly whipped for not eating. This indeed was often the case with myself.
    Olaudah Equiano
  • Now was there maid fast by the touris wall A gardyn fair, and in the corneris set Ane herber grene with wandis long and small Railit about; and so with treis set Was all the place, and hawthorn hegis knet.
    James I of Scotland

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