WELL-NIGH


Meaning of WELL-NIGH in English

adverb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

well-nigh impossible formal (= almost impossible )

Policing the entire coastline is well-nigh impossible.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

impossible

It comes easy to the habitual vagrant; it is well-nigh impossible to the inexperienced.

But concentration on the story was well-nigh impossible .

But that, as they suggest, is a well-nigh impossible task at this distance in time.

To understand what other creatures perceive we have to do the well-nigh impossible .

Habitually fractious, difficult, Andrew is now becoming well-nigh impossible .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And both Rim-Suardal and Rim-Drynoch are well-nigh deserted - or so Ord says.

But concentration on the story was well-nigh impossible.

But that, as they suggest, is a well-nigh impossible task at this distance in time.

Habitually fractious, difficult, Andrew is now becoming well-nigh impossible.

Hair seems to be well-nigh everlasting, and so discovery of a tuft or two does not guarantee recent activity.

It comes easy to the habitual vagrant; it is well-nigh impossible to the inexperienced.

The fused, bony plates that protect their soft parts make them well-nigh invulnerable.

To understand what other creatures perceive we have to do the well-nigh impossible.

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