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adjoining

/əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/ adjective C1
  1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to. · an adjoining room
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The plans, which are exceedingly intricate, comprising some thirty separate patents, each essential to the working of the whole, are kept in an elaborate safe in a confidential office adjoining the arsenal, with burglar-proof doors and windows.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 8 · B2
Instead of going straight into the adjoining room, where her desk was, she lingered, slightly irresolute, in the outer office.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 17 · C1
The Count of Monte Cristo entered the adjoining room, which Baptistin had designated as the drawing-room, and found there a young man, of graceful demeanor and elegant appearance, who had arrived in a cab about half an hour previously.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 589 · C1
Andrea made a low bow to the count, and entered the adjoining room.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 598 · C1

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