The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contiguous \Con*tig"u*ous\, a. [L. contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. See Contingent.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
The two halves of the paper did not appear fully
divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their
angles.
--Sir I.
Newton.
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head.
--Goldsmith.
Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.
Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a contiguous manner
Usage examples of "contiguously".
They pegged their claims contiguously at the foot of the cascade, but until others discovered what was going on, the twenty-two men scattered down the river skimming off as much gold as they could outside their claim areas.
But acres on acres full of such patriarchs contiguously rooted, their green tops billowing in the wind, their stalwart younglings pushing up about their knees: a whole forest, healthy and beautiful, giving colour to the light, giving perfume to the air: what is this but the most imposing piece in nature's repertory?