1. closest in distance, time, or relationship
Usage: archaic; superlative form of ‘nigh’

1. most closely in distance, time, or degree
Usage: archaic; superlative form of ‘nigh’

Examples

• The nighest village was still miles away.
• Of all his children, she lived nighest to him.
• The storm struck when we were nighest to shore.
• He chose the path that led nighest to home.
• The nighest star appeared brightest in the sky.