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kielekiele (used only predicatively, comparative meer kielekiele, superlative meest kielekiele)

  1. very close, almost, very nearly
    Synonym: op een haar na
    Ik viel bijna van de trap; het was kielekiele.
    I almost fell off the stairs; it was very close.