NIGH


Meaning of NIGH in English

adverb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

impossible

If the system makes too early a commitment on segmentation, recovery will be well nigh impossible . 4.2.2.3.

And everybody knew it was mighty nigh impossible to quit them.

But knowing is not doing, and many people find it well nigh impossible to kick the habit.

Undermanning can make the task nigh impossible on some estates; on the others the approach is far too casual.

The lieutenant was right: it would be nigh impossible to make everyone account for their movements.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The end of the world is nigh !

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Gone are the days of spending frantically because the end of the financial year was nigh .

Today the man carrying the placard warning that the end is nigh may well be wearing a white laboratory coat.

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