Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nearly"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Nearly \Near"ly\, adv.
In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

nearly
adv 1: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; "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"; (`near' is used
informally for `nearly' as in "I was near exhausted by
the run"; `most' is used informally for `almost' as in
"most everybody agrees") [syn: {about}, {just about},
{almost}, {most}, {all but}, {near}, {nigh}, {virtually},
{well-nigh}]
2: in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately
connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn: {closely},
{intimately}]


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