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What do you call the side of a building that is neither the near side nor the far side?

A friend suggested adjacent. I think that fits, but is there a way to distinguish between adjacent faces of a building when you are closer to one of them, like near adjacent or something similar?

The sentence I currently have is:

The sounds of conversation brought her attention to the adjacent side of the building where fellow members of the dojo were making their way out towards whatever transportation would bring them home.

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  • How about "The sounds of the conversation led her around the near (or nearby) corner of the building, where fellow..."
    – Canis Lupus
    Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 4:06
  • Umm... The side side?
    – Anonym
    Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 4:22
  • “The adjacent side of the building” is ok; but the phrase “brought her attention” is not. “Drew her attention” or “attracted her attention” would be ok.
    – James Waldby - jwpat7
    Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 5:31
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    The question is required within the body, even if mentioned in the title.
    – Kris
    Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 6:03

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When facing a specific side of a building, the sides could be called: near side, left side, far side, right side.

If this was placed into your sentence, it could become:

The sounds of conversation brought her attention to the [left or right] side of the building where fellow members of the dojo were making their way out towards whatever transportation would bring them home.

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    Or just simply "to the side of the building where..."
    – Jim
    Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 5:18
  • I'd go with this unless it was really necessary to specify which side, but you need a comma after 'building' if you don't want 'where fellow members of the dojo were making their way out ...' to be a defining relative clause.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 5:40
  • Would you consider left side and right side to be in relation to the side of the building you are facing, or to the front of the building?
    – StoicJester
    Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 18:04
  • @Susanoh13 - I would consider the left and right side to be in relation to the side of the building one is facing. So left and right side from the viewer's perspective.
    – user72323
    Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 19:40

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