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Definition of Nighly
1. adv. In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a little; almost.
Definition of Nighly
1. Adverb. (archaic) nearly ¹
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Definition of Nighly
1. almost [adv] - See also: almost
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nighly
Literary usage of Nighly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, Form the Birth of Christ, to by Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1824)
"... of this nature could not but be nighly adapted to promote the interests of
the court of Rome; and this indeed was its great end, and the leading purpose ..."
2. Michaud's History of the Crusades by Joseph Fr. Michaud (1852)
"... if a powerful and nighly-revered monarch had not placed himself at the head
of the crusade which had been proclaimed in the council of Lyons. ..."
3. Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by American supplement, Encyclopaedia britannica (1886)
"Though nighly commended by Dickens and other English critics, he was received
with only moderate favor by the American public. In 1872 he opened a theatre ..."
4. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1868)
"Fragment, natural size. 10.— „ „ Cells, magnified. 8.— „ „ A cell, more nighly
magnified. 11.— „ „ A cell, more highly magnified. ..."
5. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Near m time, place, or relation, of any kind ; at no great distance from ; to a
place near; almost: to nigh is to approach ; advance; draw near: nighly ..."
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