well-nigh

[ wel-nahy ]
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adverb
  1. very nearly; almost: It's well-nigh bedtime.

Origin of well-nigh

1
before 1150; Middle English; Old English

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See almost.

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British Dictionary definitions for well-nigh

well-nigh

adverb
  1. nearly; almost: it's well-nigh three o'clock

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