nearly
adverb
1 nearly
of actions or states Slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but:
— He nearly fainted.
synonyms: about, almost, most, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh.
Roget 32:
to a small extent
[in a small degree],
on a small scale;
a little bit,
a wee bit;
slightly
etc.
adj.;
imperceptibly;
miserably,
wretchedly;
insufficiently
etc.
640;
imperfectly;
faintly
etc.
160;
passably,
pretty well,
well enough.
[in a certain or limited degree]
partially,
in part;
in a certain degree,
to a certain degree;
to a certain extent;
comparatively;
some,
rather in some degree,
in some measure;
something,
somewhat;
simply,
only,
purely,
merely;
at least,
at the least,
at most,
at the most;
ever so little,
as little as may be,
tant soit peu [Fr.],
in ever so small a degree;
thus far,
pro tanto [It],
within bounds,
in a manner,
after a fashion,
so to speak.
almost,
nearly,
well-nigh,
short of,
not quite,
all but;
near upon,
close upon;
peu s'en faut [Fr.],
near the mark;
within an ace of,
within an inch of;
on the brink of;
scarcely,
hardly,
barely,
only just,
no more than.
about
[in an uncertain degree],
thereabouts,
somewhere about,
nearly,
say;
be the same,
be little more or less.
no ways
[in no degree],
no way,
no wise;
not at all,
not in the least,
not a bit,
not a bit of it,
not a whit,
not a jot,
not a shadow;
in no wise,
in no respect;
by no means,
by no manner of means;
on no account,
at no hand.
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2 nearly
noun
Roget 50:
whole,
totality,
integrity;
totalness
etc.
adj.†;
entirety,
ensemble,
collectiveness†;
unity
etc.
87;
completeness
etc.
52;
indivisibility,
indiscerptibility†;
integration,
embodiment;
integer.
all,
the whole,
total,
aggregate,
one and all,
gross amount,
sum,
sum total,
tout ensemble,
length and breadth of,
Alpha and Omega,
be all and end all;"
complex,
complexus†;
lock stock and barrel.
bulk,
mass,
lump,
tissue,
staple,
body,
compages†;
trunk,
torso,
bole,
hull,
hulk,
skeleton greater part,
major part,
best part,
principal part,
main part;
essential part
etc.
(importance)
642;
lion's share,
Benjamin's mess;
the long and the short;
nearly,
all,
almost all.
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Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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