nigh

Near, close by.

The end is nigh!

Daybreak is drawing nigh.

Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

Ye […] are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near

When the charnel-eyed Pale Horse has nighed

Almost, nearly.

So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor.[…]It looked like a tomb and smelt pretty nigh as musty and dead-and-gone.

Hell of a surprise in the seventh season premiere of Game Of Thrones. Arya Stark, fresh off a nigh Cersei-level ambush of the Frey household, comes upon a small campfire surrounded by fresh-faced red cloaks.