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well-nigh |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Well-nigh \Well"-nigh`\, adv Almost; nearly. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: well-nigh adv : (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; "the job is just about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; (`near' is used informally for `nearly' as in "I was near exhausted by the run"; `most' is used informally for `almost' as in "most everybody agrees") [syn: {about}, {just about}, {almost}, {most}, {all but}, {nearly}, {near}, {nigh}, {virtually}]
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