wellnigh
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "[…] Huck’s confidence in the human race was wellnigh obliterated."
- "Athens especially never forgave the defection which had wellnigh involved her in hopeless ruin."
- "Five years ago the officers determined to build a new mess. There was only one objection to the fulfilment of this wish: the regimental coffers were wellnigh empty."