From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
nearby
adj : close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study
on the nearby planet Venus"
adv : not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the
planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"
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]