near

lähi-

lähellä, lähettyvillä, lähelle

lähes The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
Physically close.
Dryden

He served great Hector, and was ever near, / Not with his trumpet only, but his spear.

She is thy father's near kinswoman.

a near friend

a version near to the original

a near escape

The end is near.

The two words are near synonyms.

the near ox; the near leg

the nearest way

Im near-sighted.''

...he hears for certain that the Queen-Mother is about and hath near finished a peace with France....

Sir John Friend had very near completed a regiment of horse.

Thinking about those pounds and pence, I near forgot my wound.

"I damn near forgot." He pulled an envelope from his jacket.

The fire was almost dead, the chamber near dark.

(ux)

He entered the inn, and asking for dinner, unbuckled his wallet, and sat down to rest himself near the door.

It shied, balked, and whinnied, and in the end he could do nothing but drive it into the yard while the men used their own strength to get the heavy wagon near enough the hayloft for convenient pitching.

The ship nears the land.