Even almost; nearly. See also MOST.
1834. The crowd was so great, that I was eny most mashed to a slab.—‘Major Jack Downing’s Letters,’ p. 81.
1839. [The whale’s head] was e’en a most off.—‘Major Jack on Board a Whaler,’ Havana (N.Y.) Republican, Aug. 21.
1843. I’m e’en a’most sorry I told them what I did, for I know they’ll go and tell on’t.—Yale Lit. Mag., ix. 17 (Nov.).
1845. He’s afeard of me, I think, and I can do e’enamost any thing with him.—Id., x. 348 (July).
1850. Don’t you see how he knows the Catechism; he has got the whole Bible eeny most by heart, and he is only three years old.—S. Judd, ‘Margaret,’ p. 113 (Bartlett).
1856. You’ve done scared them niggers, and I’ve e’en a’most made up my mind to whale ye.—Yale Lit. Mag., xxi. 149 (Feb.).
