proximate
adjective
prox·i·mate
ˈpräk-sə-mət
1
: immediately preceding or following (as in a chain of events, causes, or effects)
proximate, rather than ultimate, goals—
Reinhold Niebuhr
proximately
adverb
proximateness
noun
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