3. The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each other; as, the fire alarmed all the neiborhood.
4. The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Syn. — Vicinity; vicinaty; proximity. — Neighborhood, Vicinity. Neigborhood is Anglo-Saxon, and vicinity is Latin. Vicinity does not commonly denote so close a connection as neighborhood. A neigborhood is a more immediately vicinity. The houses immediately adjoining a square are in the neighborhood of that square; those which are somewhat further removed are also in the vicinity of the square.
NEIGHBORING
Neigh"bor*ing, a.
Defn: Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.
NEIGHBORLINESS
Neigh"bor*li*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being neighborly.
NEIGHBORLY
Neigh"bor*ly, a. Etym: [Also written neighbourly.]
Defn: Apropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly. — adv.
Defn: In a neigborly manner.
Judge if this be neighborly dealing. Arbuthnot.