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Synonyms for nearly
ˈnɪər linear·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nighadverb
(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"
Synonyms:
well-nigh, virtually, closely, or so, intimately, roughly, just about, some, nigh, most, about, more or less, almost, close, near, approximately, around, to the highest degree, close toclosely, intimately, nearlyadverb
in a close manner
"the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned"
Synonyms:
most, tight, well, nigh, well-nigh, close, virtually, about, almost, near, intimately, closely
Dictionary of English Synonymes
nearlyadjective
Synonyms:
approximately, not remotelynearlyadjective
Synonyms:
almost, well-nigh, within a littlenearlyadjective
Synonyms:
closely, intimately
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#36 | about | |
#92 | some | |
#127 | most | |
#157 | well | |
#426 | around | |
#735 | close | |
#852 | fast | |
#989 | near | |
#1214 | almost | |
#2248 | approximately | |
#2512 | nearly | |
#3986 | tight | |
#4584 | closely | |
#6082 | virtually | |
#6787 | hardly | |
#8322 | roughly | |
#10988 | practically | |
#30261 | intimately | |
#33696 | nigh |
How to use nearly in a sentence?
To raise interest rates when junk bonds are nearly at a four-year low is a bad idea.
There were times when the air quality was so bad that you would just drop to your knees and throw up, we made jokes at the time because we had no idea how serious it was.’ But Elesky says he found out when he returned home in 2005 and was told during a checkup that he had nearly 20 parasites in his body. More than a decade after his return, Elskey has suffered from myriad health issues, including plasmacytoma -- a condition where rare tumors attack soft tissue in the nasal cavity or bone marrow. He is grateful for the treatment he has received from the VA, but said the bureaucracy was difficult to deal with. Elesky said he was initially denied enrollment into the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ Burn Pit Registry -- which was created to research and examine the potential threats from burn pit exposure.
If you look at the issues I've been attacked on, nearly every one of them is for something well before 2008, it's as if my opponents want you to believe I served from 1972 until 2008 – and then took the next eight years off. They don't want to talk much about my time as vice president.
I'm not going to sugar coat my disappointment here, especially since nearly all issues in the climate and energy space had been resolved, this is our last chance to prevent the most catastrophic — and costly — effects of climate change. We can't come back in another decade and forestall hundreds of billions — if not trillions — in economic damage and undo the inevitable human toll.
Rather than letting the facts of the report speak for themselves, The Attorney General has taken unprecedented steps to spin Mueller's nearly two year investigation, the central concern here is that Attorney General Barr is not allowing the facts of the Mueller report to speak for themselves but is trying to bake in the narrative about the report to the benefit of the White House.
Translations for nearly
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- تقريبًاArabic
- амальBelarusian
- почтиBulgarian
- gairebéCatalan, Valencian
- téměř, málem, skoroCzech
- fast, beinaheGerman
- σχεδόνGreek
- preskaŭEsperanto
- casiSpanish
- peaaeguEstonian
- تقریباPersian
- miltei, lähes, melkein, likiFinnish
- presqueFrench
- beagnach, de chóirIrish
- כִּמְעַטHebrew
- लगभगHindi
- majdnemHungarian
- գրեթե, համարյաArmenian
- quasiItalian
- 殆ど, ほとんどJapanese
- თითქმისGeorgian
- 거의Korean
- propeLatin
- beveikLithuanian
- gandrīzLatvian
- скоро, речисиMacedonian
- bijnaDutch
- kʼasdą́ą́ʼNavajo, Navaho
- prawiePolish
- quasePortuguese
- чуть не, приблизительно, около, почтиRussian
- skoro, скороSerbo-Croatian
- skoro, takmerSlovak
- skôrajSlovene
- uppemot, nästanSwedish
- เกือบจะThai
- майже, сливеUkrainian
- gần, gần nhưVietnamese
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