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A Writer's Dictionary:

nigh on Definition


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nigh
adverb
    1. old use, dialect or poetic
      Nearby.
adj
    1. old use, dialect or poetic
      Near.
      Thesaurus: near, close at hand, close, impending, imminent, approaching.
prep
    1. old use, dialect or poetic
      Near to.
Idiom: nigh on (well nigh)
    Nearly; almost.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon neah.



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