nearly
all but; almost: nearly dead with cold.
with close approximation: a nearly perfect likeness.
with close agreement or resemblance: a plan nearly like our own.
with close kinship, interest, or connection; intimately: nearly associated in business;two women nearly related.
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How to use nearly in a sentence
This gets into marketing in nearly every way possible at this time.
This decade’s most important marketing question: What data rights do advertisers possess? | Kirk Williams | September 17, 2020 | Search Engine LandBest of all, it attaches to nearly everything, thanks to the webbed panel on the back of the bag.
The Gear That Lets Me Enjoy the Last Days of Summer | Graham Averill | September 15, 2020 | Outside OnlineBy 2040, according to federal government projections, extreme water shortages will be nearly ubiquitous west of Missouri.
Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration | by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Meridith Kohut | September 15, 2020 | ProPublicaAd revenue has nearly rebounded to pre-coronavirus levels and is 1% lower than last year’s revenue, it’s only just beginning to monetize virtual events.
After reaching profitability in 2019, Politico EU aims for 10% revenue growth this year | Lucinda Southern | September 11, 2020 | DigidayShe nearly went public when blog posts stated, incorrectly she said, that Mallott’s victim was not Potts but her then-16-year-old daughter.
The Woman Propositioned by Alaska’s Former Lieutenant Governor Tells Her Story for the First Time | by Kyle Hopkins and Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News | September 10, 2020 | ProPublica
Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
‘Downton Abbey’ Review: A Fire, Some Sex, and Sad, Sad Edith | Kevin Fallon | January 5, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIt took me 1,015 strokes to see this shade of green in a world of orange, and my jaw nearly dropped.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art | Alec Kubas-Meyer | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTFor nearly her entire life Beyoncé has been giving us her blood, sweat, and tears in her career.
Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyoncé Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect Year | Kevin Fallon | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAside from a blanket ban, social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit are nearly impossible to control.
Ramos was 38—nearly two decades older than the average recruit.
The garrison of the town and fortress was nearly three thousand strong.
Another crash, which nearly shut up his spine like a telescope, told him that there were no wings.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneHe began his military career at the age of 11, and continued in the service nearly 60 years.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHe is rather tall and narrow, and wears a long abb's coat reaching nearly down to his feet.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayShe came to know the peculiarities of nearly all native trees.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine Clement
British Dictionary definitions for nearly
/ (ˈnɪəlɪ) /
not quite; almost; practically
not nearly nowhere near; not at all: not nearly enough money
closely: the person most nearly concerned
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