adjective
- lying around or adjacent on all sides; surrounding
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The castle was protected by circumjacent hills.
- The circumjacent forests provided natural barriers.
- Scientists studied the lake and its circumjacent wetlands.
- The city expanded into the circumjacent countryside.
- The circumjacent mountains created a natural amphitheater.
- Ancient walls enclosed the town and its circumjacent fields.