Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Here
here, adv. [OE hér < Germanic.] (webplay: attempt, drinking, happy, life, night, place, present, there).
- In this world.
- In this matter.
- At this point.
- In the present state.
- In this place; in the immediate vicinity.
- Phrase. “here and there”: in this place and that; in various locations; at sundry unplanned localities; [fig.] now and then; occasionally.
- Phrase. “nor here nor there”: unimportant; of little consequence.
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