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Meanings of well-nigh in English

Portuguese
quase

(Of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.

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      Usage of well-nigh in English
      1
      In some States the size of the precincts made voting well-nigh impossible.
      The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
      2
      In seven years the translation of the wilderness had been well-nigh complete.
      The Man in the Twilight
      3
      He laughed aloud in his mirth; for his anger was well-nigh gone.
      Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
      4
      Thanks, father; indeed I was well-nigh reeling in my saddle with heat.
      A March on London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection
      5
      The fascination which hangs around the latter has well-nigh obscured the former.
      The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
      6
      The hill itself was well-nigh boundless in its capacities for juvenile occupation.
      A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
      7
      In the old days buying clothes was well-nigh as irrevocable as marriage.
      Certain Personal Matters
      8
      And yet they had travelled well-nigh half the length of the bow.
      Nada the Lily
      9
      These qualities, though most noticeable in the leaders, were well-nigh universal traits.
      The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
      10
      Dirk had heard them in the town, and returned home well-nigh weeping.
      Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch
      11
      The power of self-torture which the human heart possesses is well-nigh infinite.
      The Puritans
      12
      The words tumbled over each other, well-nigh incoherent in their fevered utterance.
      The Keeper of the Door
      13
      I had no time, sire; and London is well-nigh palsied with dismay.
      The Last of the Barons — Volume 07
      14
      This method is well-nigh universal among animals as well as in man.
      Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 / Sexual Selection In...
      15
      In any case, it is well-nigh impossible to make rules for genius.
      Rembrandt
      16
      It was well-nigh as large as the egg from which he came.
      "Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
      Translations for well-nigh