nearly
IPA: nˈɪrɫi
adverb
- In close approximation; almost, virtually.
- (now rare) With great scrutiny; carefully.
- With close relation; intimately.
- Closely, in close proximity.
- Stingily.
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Examples of "nearly" in Sentences
- The man nearly fell on the ice.
- The company's profits nearly quadruple.
- The horse nearly slipped in the process.
- The IT field is not nearly so fastidious.
- In that epic, the hero is nearly flawless.
- The police reacted nearly instantaneously.
- The economy in Gratis is nearly nonexistent.
- I'm not nearly so sanguine about a lack of chicanery.
- A conflagration nearly destroyed the village in 1893.
- It's nearly simultaneous with the ignition of the engines.
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