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adverb

Nigh adv.

In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near. "He was sick, nigh unto death." "He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright, Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned."

Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.

preposition

Nigh prep. Near to; not remote or distant from. "was not this nigh shore?"

verb

Nigh v. t. & v. i. To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. (Obs.)

adjective

Nigh adj. (compar. nigher; superl. nighest, or next)

Not distant or remote in place or time; near. "The loud tumult shows the battle nigh."

Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." "Ye... are made nigh by the blood of Christ."

Synonyms: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.

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"Nigh" Quotes from Famous Books

... the blushing cloud That beautifies Aurora's face, Or like the silver crimson shroud That Phoebus' smiling looks doth grace; Heigh ho, fair Rosaline! Her lips are like two budded roses Whom ranks of lilies neighbour nigh, Within which bounds she balm encloses Apt to entice a deity: Heigh ho, would she ...

— Tudor and Stuart Love Songs • Various

... the unlearned man alike, lies in the last resort in the dumb willingnesses and unwillingnesses of their interior characters, and nowhere else. It is not in heaven, neither is it beyond the sea; but the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that ...

— The Will to Believe - and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy • William James

... God, our God, to Thee we cry, Jesus, the Saviour, be Thou nigh; Oh! sacred Spirit, hear our prayer, And save the ...

— The Fugitives - The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar • R.M. Ballantyne

... her bottle of wine out, and her plate of cake, before Molly came back from her long expedition to Mrs. Kirkpatrick's room, 'pretty nigh on to a quarter of a mile off,' as the housekeeper informed the impatient father, as he waited for his child to come down arrayed in her morning's finery with the gloss of newness worn off. Mr. Gibson ...

— Wives and Daughters • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

... knowledge spoken in the religious assemblies of the land; that he was longing without knowing it on the Saturday for that from which on the Sunday he would be repelled without knowing it. Years passed before he drew nigh to the knowledge ...

— Robert Falconer • George MacDonald

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