in the vicinity



about, around, close, nearby, round, round about ,

   grade by grade - bit by bit, by degrees, little by little, slowly, step by step ,

   circumcision - adoption, agape, aspersion, auricular confession, celebration, confession, confirmation, conversion, high celebration, incense, invocation, invocation of saints, kiss of peace, lesser litany, litany,

   in part - after a fashion, appreciably, at any rate, at most, comparatively, fairly, in a way, incompletely, merely, mildly, moderately, modestly, only, part, partially,

   hypercritical - captious, carping, cavilling, censorious, critic, critical, cynical, fault-finding, hair-splitting, hypersensitive, morbidly sensitive, nagging, niggling, over-nice, over-particular,

   adventurer - adventuress, astronaut, better, betting ring, big operator, bounder, cad, camper, cardsharp, cardsharper, charlatan, cheat, climber, comers and goers, commuter,

   portfolio - baton, book end, book support, book table, book tray, book truck, bookcase, bookshelf, caduceus, callable securities, cats and dogs, certificate of deposit, chain of office, corporation securities, crook,

   hold a heading - aim, bear, dispose, go, head, incline, lead, point, set, steer, tend, trend, turn, verge ,

   swallow up - ablate, absorb, assimilate, bleed white, bring to ruin, burn up, condemn, confound, consume, damn, deal destruction, decimate, deplete, desolate, despoil,

   relaxing - abating, allaying, alleviating, assuaging, blunting, chastening, comfortable, comfy, commodious, contented, convenient, cosy, cushioned, cushioning, cushy,

   spread about - break, circulate, come forth, come out, get around, go about, issue, loose, measure, publish, see the light, spread ,