nigh English

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What does nigh mean?

nigh

— adverb (= near, close) near in time or place or relationship as the wedding day drew near stood near the door don't shoot until they come near getting near to the true explanation her mother is always near The end draws nigh the bullet didn't come close don't get too close to the fire

— adjective (= near) being on the left side the near or nigh horse is the one on the left the animal's left side is its near or nigh side

— adjective (= near, close) not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances near neighbors in the near future they are near equals his nearest approach to success a very near thing a near hit by the bomb she was near tears she was close to tears had a close call

— adverb (= about, almost, most, nearly, near, virtually, well-nigh) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but 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 I was near exhausted by the run most everyone agrees

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nigh English » English

near

nearly

close

almost

well-nigh

about

nearby

virtually

practically

most

well nigh

vicinal

thereabouts

thereabout

strait

proximate

proximal

pretty much

parochial

narrow

left-hand

left

just about

just

intimate

hot

familiar

closely

close together

close to

close on

close at hand

by

boon

beside

at hand

as good as

around

approximate

anigh

adjacent

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• What words indicate that something is near something else?
  near nearby close close to close by not far practically on top of a short distance locally in the vicinity nigh around a stone's throw in the neighborhood