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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance; "that was the time he came nearest to death" [syn: nearest, nighest, closest]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nigh Nigh, a. [Compar. Nigher; superl. Nighest, or Next.] [OE. nigh, neigh, neih, AS. ne['a]h, n?h; akin to D. na, adv., OS. n[=a]h, a., OHG. n[=a]h, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. n[=a] (in comp.) nigh, Goth. n?hw, n?hwa, adv., nigh. Cf. Near, Neighbor, Next.] 1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near. The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior. 2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. ``Nigh kinsmen.'' --Knolles. Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ. --Eph. ii. 13. Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.