Definitions
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
Used in a sentence
“The end is nigh!”
“Daybreak is drawing nigh.”
“a. 1831, Ludovico Ariosto, William Stewart Rose (translator), Orlando Furioso, 2006, Echo Library, page 185, He at his head took aim who stood most nigh;”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Nearly at hand”4 letters
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