Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˈhɛəɹzbɹɛdθ/ · noun
Alternative form of hair's breadth: a very short distance or a very small amount (as is the width of a hair)..
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.
[...] 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.
Use hairsbreadth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hairsbreadth means Alternative form of hair's breadth: a very short distance or a very small amount (as is the width of a hair)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.