Nigh
61well-nigh — O.E. wel neah, from WELL (Cf. well) (adv.) + NIGH (Cf. nigh) …
62well-nigh — adverb BrE formal or AmE almost, but not quite: The company has existed for well nigh 200 years. | well nigh impossible: Getting them to agree would be well nigh impossible …
63well-nigh — adverb (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but (Freq. 1) 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 …
64be nigh — be/draw/nigh literary phrase to be going to happen soon The end of the world is nigh! Thesaurus: soon and as soon as possiblesynonym Main entry …
65Well-nigh — adv. Almost; nearly. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
66well-nigh — adv old fashioned almost ▪ It will be well nigh impossible to raise that amount of money …
67well-nigh — adverb INFORMAL nearly but not completely: It would be well nigh impossible to get there in less than an hour …
68well-nigh — adverb enforcing the recycling ordinance is well nigh impossible Syn: almost, nearly, just about, more or less, practically, virtually, all but, as good as, nearing, close to, approaching; roughly, approximately; informal pretty much, nigh on …
69well-nigh — meaning ‘nearly, almost wholly or entirely’, has been in continuous use since the Old English period but is now usually regarded as literary or archaic in tone: • If your country is the size of a postage stamp, your population is unsophisticated… …
70a|nigh — «uh NY», adverb, preposition. Dialect or Archaic. nigh; near …