Hairsbreadth

Quick meaning: Hairsbreadth is a noun meaning Alternative form of hair's breadth: a very short distance or a very small amount (as is the width of a hair).

Meaning

Alternative form of hair's breadth: a very short distance or a very small amount (as is the width of a hair).

Example Sentences

We've missed our shot by a hairsbreadth and that's the same as missing by miles.

[...] 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 [...]

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.

Word Forms

• hairsbreadths

Related Words

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