well-nigh
Example Sentences
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"The biggest issue for a lot of people in the area, and us particularly, is achieving 182 days on a regular basis is well-nigh impossible."
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023
It is huge, imposing and at times well-nigh monumental.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
And conversations in a crowded restaurant or bar become well-nigh unintelligible.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
The Endurance video is well-nigh Spielbergian, almost too wondrous, too exquisitely “art directed,” to be believed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
The soil of a large proportion of the land planted to tobacco has been subjected to “cumulative and well-nigh permanent poisoning,” according to Dr. Satterlee.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
