nigh-hand

adverb

1

: near at hand : close by

living nigh-hand to where the new house was to be built

—A. H. Bullen

2

: nearly, almost

wasn't it enough for you to nigh-hand kill one o' my horses

—Samuel Lover

Word History

Etymology

Middle English nigh hand, neih hond, from Old English nēh hand, from nēh, adverb, nigh + hand

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