nearly
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Adverb [edit]
nearly (comparative more nearly, superlative most nearly)
- almost, but not quite; slightly short of
- He left a nearly full beer on the bar.
- intimately; closely
- John Locke
- Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already.
- Herman Melville, Omoo
- [H]e was also accounted a man of wealth, and was nearly related to a high chief.
- John Locke
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almost, but not quite
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