Nighest (Adverb)
Meaning
(superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance; "that was the time he came nearest to death".
Usages
Examples
- The final scene of the movie came nighest to making me cry, even though I'd seen it before.
- Our house was the nighest to the park in the entire neighborhood.
- When he was only a few inches away from the falling object, he came nighest to meeting his untimely demise.
- It was during the playoffs that the team came nighest to winning a championship since its inception.
- I thought it was the time the company came nighest to bankruptcy, but the recovery plan put everything back on track.