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/ˈhɛɹˌbɹɛdθ/ · noun
Alternative form of hair's breadth: the width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount..
In short, these kind of hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune, who may be considered as thus playing tricks with us, and wantonly diverting herself at our expense.
This surely was a day destined to be signalized by hairbreadth escapes.
His hairbreadth escapes from death; […].
[…] for the young hero rioted by day, howled by night, ravaged the house from top to bottom, and kept his guardians in a series of panics by his hairbreadth escapes.
The hairbreadth survival of the attempted assassination.
Use hairbreadth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hairbreadth means Alternative form of hair's breadth: the width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount..
Common synonyms include hair.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In short, these kind of hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune, who may be considered as thus playing tricks with us, and wantonly diverting herself at our expense.
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