Synonym: about, all but, almost, close, just about, most, near, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh. Similar words: night, knight, by night, at night, nightly, nightmare, well nigh, midnight. Meaning: [naɪ] 
adj. 1. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances 2. being on the left side. adv. 1. near in time or place or relationship 2. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished.
adj. 1. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances 2. being on the left side. adv. 1. near in time or place or relationship 2. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished. 
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1. There were nigh on 40 people there.
2. The end of the world is nigh!
3. He was nigh upon 20 miles.
4. Winter was drawing nigh.
5. I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.
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6. They've lived in that house for nigh on 30 years.
7. I just found it really hard, y'know. Nigh impossible.
8. The lieutenant was right: it would be nigh impossible to make everyone account for their movements.
9. And everybody knew it was mighty nigh impossible to quit them.
10. Undermanning can make the task nigh impossible on some estates; on the others the approach is far too casual.
11. Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory. Oscar Wilde 
12. A brave new wasteless world seemed nigh.
13. The time has drawn nigh.
14. The moment for the girl's setting out drove nigh.
15. It's well nigh impossible to convince him.
16. None may come nigh them.
17. They're nigh choked with weeds.
18. The storm must still be nigh, she thought.
19. Almost and very well nigh saves many a lie.
20. Glaciers melting in the dead of nigh.
21. Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher.
22. For the Last Judgement draweth nigh.
23. The end of the world may be nigh, but do we really care?
24. It wil be nigh impossible to borrow to buy hardware or a major software license.
25. Today the man carrying the placard warning that the end is nigh may well be wearing a white laboratory coat.
26. Gone are the days of spending frantically because the end of the financial year was nigh.
27. If the system makes too early a commitment on segmentation, recovery will be well nigh impossible. 4.2.2.3.
28. But knowing is not doing, and many people find it well nigh impossible to kick the habit.
29. The "green shoots" crowd — those believing global recovery is nigh — drew special encouragement from a 2.2% rebound in real U.S. consumer expenditure in the first quarter of 2009.
30. But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; my steps had well nigh slipped.
More similar words: night, knight, by night, at night, nightly, nightmare, well nigh, midnight, nightgown, nightfall, fortnight, nightcap, nighttime, overnight, goodnight, benighted, knighthood, at midnight, fly-by-night, day and night, nightdress, night and day, nightingale, burn the midnight oil, highlighter, highlights, high and mighty, highlight, lightweight, enigma.