Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
(Of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.
1 Shipman quoted one unidentified cabinet minister as saying: The end is nigh .
2 He's going particularly well this time in and his turn is nigh .
3 The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart.
4 In some States the size of the precincts made voting well - nigh impossible.
5 In seven years the translation of the wilderness had been well - nigh complete.
6 But at long last, the end is indeed nigh for the Vantage.
7 He laughed aloud in his mirth; for his anger was well - nigh gone.
8 His heart was nigh breaking at the thought; it was too shameful.
9 Thanks, father; indeed I was well - nigh reeling in my saddle with heat.
10 The end is nigh for TVNZ7, bring on the new shopping channel!
11 The fascination which hangs around the latter has well - nigh obscured the former.
12 But, believe it, they're willing to haggle as Labor Day draws nigh .
13 The magnitude of population in that future day is well nigh unthinkable.
14 The hill itself was well - nigh boundless in its capacities for juvenile occupation.
15 In the old days buying clothes was well - nigh as irrevocable as marriage.
16 Putty nigh it; but you call it by a hard name, stranger.
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