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nigh
intransitive or transitive verb
well-nigh
adverb

nigh [naı] VB trans, intr ADJ ADV PREP

well-nigh ADV form

Usage examples with nigh

take a nigh cut
抄近路
Evening draws nigh.
夜晚就要到了。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Ah, my heart is nigh breaking with longing and pain.
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The fig trees are leaving and the hour is nigh.
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The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
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It also signalled that the time was nigh for the knights of the kingdom to pursue a quest.
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It is also (nominally) possible to hand edit a recursive ascent parser, whereas a tabular implementation is nigh unreadable to the average human.
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They have come nigh unto a suffering man on the outside.
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He had an undead girl as a puppet made out of a nigh indestructible substance.
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He writes like a dream and his thriller style is nigh on flawless.
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This song tells the story of an unnamed girl whose lover has been gone for nigh on a year.
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In the winter of 1922-23 his diabetes deteriorated badly after an attack of bronchitis and the end of his life seemed nigh.
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