hairsbreadth
a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
extremely narrow or close.
Origin of hairsbreadth
1- Also hair's-breadth, hairbreadth.
Words Nearby hairsbreadth
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How to use hairsbreadth in a sentence
He was more than once within a hairsbreadth of death but at length he was brought by his master, Kakinathucca, to his home.
He had a habit of darting them around a wide circle of objects, without turning his head a hairsbreadth.
Adle Dubois | Mrs. William T. SavageWe catch a word, a touch of flippancy, a suggestion of licence, a covert sneer which goes too far by a hairsbreadth.
Judges and Ruth | Robert A. WatsonHe carefully turned an unconnected control knob a hairsbreadth with utmost deliberation and precision.
The Kenzie Report | Mark CliftonNot by a hairsbreadth has all that has passed in the interval lowered you in my eyes.
When We Dead Awaken | Henrik Ibsen
British Dictionary definitions for hair's-breadth
a very short or imperceptible margin or distance
(as modifier): a hair's-breadth escape
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