well-nigh
Example Sentences
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It may be well-nigh impossible to call yourself a Gen Xer without recognizing a chorus or two from, say, Poison’s greatest hits, but that was not by choice.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
"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
Unauthorized ADUs proliferated in large part because many California cities made it well-nigh impossible to get permits for them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023
And conversations in a crowded restaurant or bar become well-nigh unintelligible.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
