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1. (adv.) well-nigh
very nearly; almost.
Etymology: (bef. 1150)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, 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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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) well-nigh
almost; nearly
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Sense: nearly; almost
It was well-nigh midnight when he arrived.
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 Afrikaans: byna |
 Arabic: تَقْريبا، على وَشَك |
 Bulgarian: почти |
 Brazilian: quase |
 Czech: skoro |
 German: beinahe |
 Danish: næsten |
 Greek: σχεδόν |
 Spanish: prácticamente |
 Estonian: peaaegu |
 Farsi: تقريبا |
 Finnish: lähes |
 French: presque |
 Hebrew: קָרוֹב |
 Hindi: लगभग |
 Croatian: gotovo |
 Hungarian: majdnem |
 Indonesian: hampir |
 Icelandic: næstum, nærri því |
 Italian: quasi |
 Japanese: ほとんど |
 Korean: 거의 |
 Lithuanian: beveik |
 Latvian: gandrīz |
 Malay: hampir-hampir |
 Dutch: bijna |
 Norwegian: nesten, nær |
 Polish: prawie |
 Persian: تقريبا |
 Pashto: څه كم |
 Portuguese: quase |
 Romanian: aproape |
 Russian: почти |
 Slovak: skoro |
 Slovenian: skoraj |
 Serbian: skoro |
 Swedish: nästan |
 Thai: ใกล้มาถึง |
 Turkish: hemen hemen, ...kadar |
 Taiwanese: 幾近，幾乎 |
 Ukrainian: майже |
 Urdu: تقريباً |
 Vietnamese: gần như |
 Chinese: 几乎 |
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