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adverb

Nigh adv.

In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near. "He was sick, nigh unto death." "He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright, Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned."

Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.

preposition

Nigh prep. Near to; not remote or distant from. "was not this nigh shore?"

verb

Nigh v. t. & v. i. To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. (Obs.)

adjective

Nigh adj. (compar. nigher; superl. nighest, or next)

Not distant or remote in place or time; near. "The loud tumult shows the battle nigh."

Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." "Ye... are made nigh by the blood of Christ."

Synonyms: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.

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"Nigh" Quotes from Famous Books

... Colonna," said he, "is well-nigh in his dotage. We shall come to a quick determination without him, and we can secure his ...

— Rienzi • Edward Bulwer Lytton

... and Pao-yue simultaneously indulged in laughter. But Miao-yue seized the teapot, and poured well-nigh a whole cupful of tea into the big cup. Pao-yue tasted some carefully, and found it, in real truth, so exceptionally soft and pure that he extolled ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin

... wave a beckoning hand. She could not cry out. Wyn was well-nigh breathless, and Bessie's only hope was in her. The captain of the canoe club had to save ...

— Wyn's Camping Days - or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club • Amy Bell Marlowe

... advance at some small distance in front, and to detach a few to discover the enemy's march. In this manner, with the Camerons in front, he marched in good order, crossing Musselburgh bridge by Pinky park wall. By this time the party of horse sent intelligence that G^ll Cope was nigh to Tranent, from which the Chevalier conjectured that he would engage him on the muir to the west ward of that village, and therefore quickened his march to prevent his gaining the brow of Carberry hill before him, but before he had near reached the top of the hill he was ...

— The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) - (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) • James Pringle Thomson

... Provinces from the presence of the enemy was but the beginning of the task which he had already set before himself as his life-work, i.e. the overthrow of the menacing predominance of the French power under Louis XIV. His first care was the restoration of the well-nigh ruined land. The country outside the water-line had been cruelly devastated by the invaders, and then impoverished by having for a year and a half to maintain the armies of occupation. Large tracts on the borders of Holland, Utrecht and Friesland, submerged by the sea-waters through ...

— History of Holland • George Edmundson

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