nigh
Word family adverbnighlynounnighnessadjectivenigh
nigh /naɪ/ adverbadv1 nigh on old-fashionedALMOST almost 幾乎There were nigh on 40 people there. 那裏有近40個人。
2 literarySOON near or soon 接近;臨近Winter draws nigh (=will start soon). 冬天即將來臨。
→ well-nigh Origin nigh Old English neah