NEARLY - 8 definitions found
nearly adv 1: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" [syn: about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well- nigh}] 2: in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn: closely, intimately, nearly] nearly lanyer layner Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English-Old English dictionary nearly Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Nearly \Near"ly\, adv. In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms nearly ad. 1. Approximately, not remotely. 2. Almost, well-nigh, within a little. 3. Closely, intimately. 4. Closely, intimately, pressingly. 5. Stingily, meanly, parsimoniously, penuriously. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 56 Moby Thesaurus words for "nearly": about, all but, all in all, almost, almost entirely, approaching, approximately, around, as good as, barely, by and large, chiefly, circa, close, close to, closely, effectually, essentially, exactly, hardly, identically, in, in effect, in essence, in the main, just about, mainly, more or less, most, mostly, much, narrowly, near, nearabout, nearing, nigh, nighhand, not quite, on balance, on the whole, only just, plus ou moins, practically, precisely, pretty near, roughly, round, roundly, rudely, say, scarcely, some, somewhere, substantially, virtually, well-nigh |
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