wellnigh
wellnigh is the alternative spelling of well-nigh.
Meaning of well-nigh
Adverb
well-nigh (not comparable)
- Almost, nearly.
- The ſame ſo ſore annoyed has the Knight, / That welnigh choked with the deadly ſtinke, / His forces faile, ne can no lenger fight.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 22, page 9
- Synonyms:
- fornigh, just about, virtually, well-near, all but, almost, as good as, as near as makes no difference, close to, more or less
Questions about wellnigh
- What is wellnigh the alternative spelling of?
- Wellnigh is the alternative spelling of well-nigh.
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