well nigh
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[edit]Adverb
[edit]well nigh (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of well-nigh.
- 1816, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in The Antiquary. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 70:
- The household cock had given his first summons, and the night was well nigh spent.