thisclose

English

Etymology

A presentation of the phrase "this close" that intentionally omits the space between the words to demonstrate the degree of closeness.

Adjective

thisclose (not comparable)

1. (informal, nonstandard) This close; extremely close.
   • 1955, Bob Stohl, TV guide: Volume 3, page 27:

     JUDY GARLAND was thisclose to signing an exclusive TV contract with NBC, but the deal fell through.

   • 2001 December 17, CMJ New Music Report, volume 69, number 743, page 10:

     Sources indicate that Danzig is thisclose to signing a new label deal.

   • 2003, Megan McCafferty, Second Helpings: A Novel, page 80:

     Bridget is the only one at school who knows that I came thisclose to letting Marcus Flutie devirginize me last New Year's Eve.

   • 2009, Toni McGee Causey, Charmed and Dangerous, page 268:

     He knew he was thisclose to cuffing Bobbie Faye. Thisclose to keeping her from getting killed in the inevitable cross fire he sensed was coming; he felt it all the way to the cellular level of his bones.

   • 2015, J. R. Ward, Blood Kiss, page 35:

     If her father knew she was thisclose to a male like that?