adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
impossible
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If the system makes too early a commitment on segmentation, recovery will be well nigh impossible . 4.2.2.3.
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And everybody knew it was mighty nigh impossible to quit them.
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But knowing is not doing, and many people find it well nigh impossible to kick the habit.
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Undermanning can make the task nigh impossible on some estates; on the others the approach is far too casual.
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The lieutenant was right: it would be nigh impossible to make everyone account for their movements.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The end of the world is nigh !
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gone are the days of spending frantically because the end of the financial year was nigh .
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Today the man carrying the placard warning that the end is nigh may well be wearing a white laboratory coat.