hairsbreadth

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Equivalents

Examples

“[...] 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.”

“In Avatar the spectacular rides to the rescue⟳ and hairsbreadth escapes have⟳ the whole film behind them and because of that are dramatically and emotionally satisfying.”

CEFR level