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nearly

[neer-lee] / ˈnɪər li /
ADVERB
almost
Synonyms
STRONGEST
approximately practically roughly virtually
STRONG
about closely most well-nigh
WEAK
all but approaching as good as circa close but no cigar give or take a little in effect in essence in substance in the ballpark in the neighborhood just about more or less much nearabout not quite pretty near round roundly some somewhere upwards of within a little

Example Sentences

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AT&T refers to this trend as convergence and noted Wednesday that nearly 45% of advanced home-internet subscribers — those not on legacy copper-based networks — also opted for AT&T wireless.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Add Tesla and Palantir to the quintet, and those stocks’ cumulative weight might be nearly 10% of that index—enough to matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

The study examined NLR data from nearly 400,000 patients across two large healthcare systems.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

“There’s a lot of chatter online about who isn’t selling plus sizes and who doesn’t carry your size, but there isn’t nearly enough promotion of the places that do,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

She knew we were nearly there, and this was hardly surprising, I suppose, since Karli was whooping and waving up there on her back, and Mutti and I were laughing out loud in our relief.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo