Eenamost

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    almost, nearly. dialectal

    "I swanny if I ever felt so in my life ! I was so anxious about that long letter that I sent to them to get printed for you, that I was dreadful loth to go in, and eenamost made up my mind to turn about and make tracks for the sloop agin !"

Example

More examples

"I swanny if I ever felt so in my life ! I was so anxious about that long letter that I sent to them to get printed for you, that I was dreadful loth to go in, and eenamost made up my mind to turn about and make tracks for the sloop agin !"

Etymology

Blend of e'en (“even”) + a'most (“almost”).

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