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Synonyms for nigh

Grammar : Adj
Spell : nahy
Phonetic Transcription : naɪ

Définition of nigh

Origin :
  • "near," Old English neah (West Saxon), neh (Anglian), common Germanic (cf. Old Saxon nah, Old Frisian nei, Middle Dutch, Dutch na, Old High German nah, German nah, Gothic nehwa), with no cognates outside Germanic. The Old English progression was neah - near - niehsta, for "nigh - near - next." But the comparative near and the superlative nehst (see next) gradually evolved into separate words not felt as related to nigh. New comparative and superlative forms nigher, nighest developed 14c. as phonetic changes obscured the original relationships. As an adjective from Middle English.
  • adj near
Example sentences :
  • The major, on his way to Corney, told the father that the end was nigh.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He was soon so nigh, that there could be no possible mistake about the matter.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It wuz, as nigh as I could calkerlate, about a hour and three-quarters long.
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 3. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • "La victorie," said the other, drawing so nigh as to be heard in a loud whisper.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • No, no; my knowledge for it, neither of them was nigh fainting, hereaway.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "They must ha' come into the town from som'er's nigh the old cross-road," said he.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Well, he was nigh, I'll say that for him; an' if he'd had his way, the sun'd ha' riz an' set when he said the word.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • I have lived in the world for nigh sixty year, and I ought to know what it is.'
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • I cut him nigh to the saddle-bow in a skirmish on the eve of Dunbar.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I've heard say that bedstead is nigh two hundred years of age.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

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