hair's breadth

ADJECTIVE

near

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adjacent adjoining immediate nearby neighboring warm

STRONG

abutting bordering burning close nigh ready touching

WEAK

abreast along toward alongside approximal around at close quarters available beside close shave close-at-hand close-by conterminous contiguous convenient handy in close proximity near-at-hand next door not remote practically proximal proximate side-by-side vincinal within stone's throw

Antonyms

STRONGEST

away detached distant far faraway separate

STRONG

cool

WEAK

deferred expired gone past postponed remote unfamiliar

Example Sentences

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By a hair’s breadth, it didn’t, although the Germans sank 455 ships in the operation.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024

Ten and five-year tenors also saw yields soar to within a hair's breadth of 5% early on Thursday too.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2023

If you look at the head-to-head between Ireland and Scotland from down the years - all 146 years - you will see there's barely a hair's breadth between them.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023

“It’s just another notch in the belt of embarrassment,” said Adam Frisch, the Colorado Democrat who came within a hair’s breadth of unseating Boebert in 2022 and is challenging her again in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023

It came within a hair’s breadth of crushing the prow, and with the backwash the boat was borne landward.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

hair's breadth

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