From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nearby
adv 1: not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the
planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"
adj 1: close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his
study on the nearby planet Venus"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
nearby \nearby\ a. & adv.
situated near; as, the nearby towns. Opposite of far away.
[WordNet 1.5]