nearly

[near·ly]

When something nearly happens, it comes very close to occurring, but doesn't. Nearly is a useful adverb for describing things that are almost accomplished.

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In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.

Adverb

Adverb
in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned"


adv.
In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.


Nearly

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

In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.

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Usage Examples

But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out.

Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been in slow decline for nearly 40 years. No major figure of profound influence has emerged in painting or sculpture since the waning of Pop Art and the birth of Minimalism in the early 1970s.

As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.

Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems.

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Other Usage Examples

Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result, today more than 45 million are without any health coverage.

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.

By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs.

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings.

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

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