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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
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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
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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
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And yet they had travelled well-nigh half the length of the bow.
Nada the Lily
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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
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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
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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
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It was well-nigh as large as the egg from which he came.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
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