hairsbreadth
noun/ˈhɛəɹzbɹɛdθ/US
Etymology
From hair + -s- + breadth.
- inherited from bredthe
Definitions
Alternative form of hair's breadth
Alternative form of hair's breadth: a very short distance or a very small amount (as is the width of a hair).
- [...] I ſee you are obſequious in your loue, and I profeſſe requitall to a haires bredth, [...]
- [I]t was characteristic of this man, as it is of all men similarly marked, that whatever he did, he overdid, though it were sometimes by only a hair's-breadth [...]
- We've missed our shot by a hairsbreadth and that's the same as missing by miles.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA