kielekiele

Dutch

Alternative forms

• kiele kiele, kiele-kiele

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Adjective

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.