Nigh - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|naɪ|
Brit.
|naɪ|
adjective
- being on the left side (syn: near)
the near or nigh horse is the one on the left
the animal's left side is its near or nigh side
the animal's left side is its near or nigh side
adverb
- near in time or place or relationship (syn: close, near)
The end draws nigh
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but (syn: about, almost, most, near, nearly, virtually, well-nigh)talked for nigh onto 2 hours
the recording is well-nigh perfect
the recording is well-nigh perfect
Extra examples
The snow is melting. Spring is nigh.
It would be nigh impossible to fix it.
...a field nigh the church...
...as the hour of his death was nighing...
...as the old man was nighing his hour of death...
Till the fresh air proclaimed the morning nigh.
Winter draws nigh (=will start soon).
The end draws nigh
...advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible...
There were nigh on 40 people there.
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