kielekiele
Dutch
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Adjective
kielekiele (used only predicatively, comparative meer kielekiele, superlative meest kielekiele)
- very close, almost, very nearly
- Ik viel bijna van de trap; het was kielekiele.
- I almost fell off the stairs; it was very close.
- Synonym: op een haar na