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: near in place, time, or relationship
Morning was drawing nigh.
—often used with on, onto, or unto… served … for nigh on forty years …—
M. S. Tisdale
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: near
Examples of nigh in a Sentence
Adverb
The snow is melting. Spring is nigh.
It would be nigh impossible to fix it.
Adjective
the end is nigh
Preposition
a field nigh the church
Verb
as the hour of his death was nighing
as the old man was nighing his hour of death
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
The time to choose is drawing nigh.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
Henry Flynn, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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Adverb
Insider betting seems nigh impossible to regulate.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
The time to choose is drawing nigh.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
Verb
Typically, his charges have shown the classic mental strength to get over the line in awkward games—with opposition teams having to execute their game plan to nigh on perfection to prosper in most cases.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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“Nigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nigh. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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