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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

eenamost en · ADV

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) almost, nearly.
    • 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 ! 1843, Ann Sophia Stephens, High Life in New York, page 7:

Forms

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more eenamost Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most eenamost Degree=Sup lexicographic