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Definition of nearly in English: nearlyadverb ˈnɪəliˈnɪrli 1Very close to; almost. a rise of nearly 25 per cent Example sentencesExamples - The buildings of New York take quite a beating and nearly disappear in a fusion fireball.
- The fact that nearly a quarter of respondents saw through the bias is itself impressive.
- The effort has been put into developing tools to create nearly anything you can imagine.
- He once had a slender girlfriend with a mop of hair and a crooked, pale, nearly pretty face.
- This is the basic physics, but Einstein said it nearly gave him a nervous breakdown.
- By the time we'd ascertained that my partner was very happy with his lot, he was nearly home.
- The odds are even worse for the Dogans, who had nearly exhausted all avenues for appeal.
- One fireman spent nearly ten minutes using his hands to dig the frightened youth out of the mud.
- I seem to have added an extra one and a half miles onto my distance, and nearly doubled my trip time.
- He led me into an alcove and stood close to me, so close our faces were nearly touching.
- Something I saw made me laugh out aloud and I was nearly rewarded with a smack in the mouth.
- After nearly two hours we knew what the problem was - but hadn't found a way to solve it.
- When I went on Friday I was nearly screaming with pain when he tried to stretch my back.
- Hearst did not see the joke, and the film was nearly destroyed before it could be released.
- It was so nice when my mum and sister came to England and stayed with me for nearly 6 months.
- The rise and fall of the bustle spans nearly the whole of the nineteenth century.
- He transported the nearly finished work to another small studio, a few blocks away.
- Last week he was finally kicked out of the band he founded and he has been disowned by nearly all of his family.
- It was put into practice at the centre nearly two years ago and has proved its worth.
- He said that when he first saw Lucky's face in the vets it nearly broke his heart.
- The attempt nearly succeeded as he was close to being able to get his head through the hole.
- He'd tried to eat during his break but was so breathless that he nearly collapsed.
- Yet another animal has been added to the list of those abused on a nearly unimaginable scale.
Synonyms just about, about, more or less, practically, virtually, all but, as good as, next to, close to, near, nigh on, not far from, not far off, to all intents and purposes, approaching, bordering on, verging on, nearing almost, just about, about, more or less, practically, virtually, all but, as good as, next to, close to, near, nigh on, not far from, not far off, to all intents and purposes, approaching, bordering on, verging on, nearing 2Closely. in the absence of anyone more nearly related, I was designated next of kin
Phrases you're not nearly as clever as you think you are Example sentencesExamples - The paid hacks are not nearly satisfied with making a living as mouthpieces of suspect leaders.
- They were better at the World Cup a year later, but not nearly good enough.
- It's not nearly as healthy as fresh fruit, but it still makes a tasty treat.
- Still, she's not nearly as bald as she was a year and a half ago, and she likes her new look well enough.
- The factor of location is important, but not nearly as important as many experts believe.
- We did in the end get a slightly better grant from the government, but not nearly as much as some of our colleagues.
- Considering the scale of the problem, this agreement was not nearly enough.
- Formal qualifications are not nearly as important as physical fitness and an outgoing personality.
- We understood some players would not make it, but not nearly all of them.
- The problem is that our political situation is not nearly as good as our military one.
- A massive flop in America, the film is better than you feared but not nearly as good as you might have hoped.
- It's patronising and slightly depressing but not nearly as horrible as the final film this week.
- Widespread rain this week has given some relief to farmers, but not nearly enough.
- Some of his bigger and older teammates were not nearly so impressive.
- After long travelling, foul weather and false starts, the picture before us is not nearly so idyllic or clear cut.
- In truth, foxes are not nearly as great a menace to livestock as the hunt clubs who hunt foxes with hounds.
- Someone who has no fear is not nearly as brave as someone who has fears and faces them.
- I must have had it for nearly ten years and it didn't fit anyone nearly as well as it fits you.
- I feel that not nearly enough revenue is being generated in the county from these visitors.
- Something about the woman seemed familiar but not nearly enough to ring bells in my head.
- In the cold light of day things didn't seem nearly as important as they first had.
- By comparison, the bears in the zoo are not nearly as similar to humans as are the apes.
- Up at half six, and on yet another train - not nearly as nice this time - shortly after eight.
Definition of nearly in US English: nearlyadverbˈnirlēˈnɪrli 1Very close to; almost. a rise of nearly 25 percent Example sentencesExamples - I seem to have added an extra one and a half miles onto my distance, and nearly doubled my trip time.
- The odds are even worse for the Dogans, who had nearly exhausted all avenues for appeal.
- When I went on Friday I was nearly screaming with pain when he tried to stretch my back.
- The effort has been put into developing tools to create nearly anything you can imagine.
- He transported the nearly finished work to another small studio, a few blocks away.
- The attempt nearly succeeded as he was close to being able to get his head through the hole.
- The fact that nearly a quarter of respondents saw through the bias is itself impressive.
- It was put into practice at the centre nearly two years ago and has proved its worth.
- He said that when he first saw Lucky's face in the vets it nearly broke his heart.
- The buildings of New York take quite a beating and nearly disappear in a fusion fireball.
- The rise and fall of the bustle spans nearly the whole of the nineteenth century.
- He led me into an alcove and stood close to me, so close our faces were nearly touching.
- He once had a slender girlfriend with a mop of hair and a crooked, pale, nearly pretty face.
- He'd tried to eat during his break but was so breathless that he nearly collapsed.
- Something I saw made me laugh out aloud and I was nearly rewarded with a smack in the mouth.
- After nearly two hours we knew what the problem was - but hadn't found a way to solve it.
- One fireman spent nearly ten minutes using his hands to dig the frightened youth out of the mud.
- By the time we'd ascertained that my partner was very happy with his lot, he was nearly home.
- Last week he was finally kicked out of the band he founded and he has been disowned by nearly all of his family.
- It was so nice when my mum and sister came to England and stayed with me for nearly 6 months.
- Hearst did not see the joke, and the film was nearly destroyed before it could be released.
- This is the basic physics, but Einstein said it nearly gave him a nervous breakdown.
- Yet another animal has been added to the list of those abused on a nearly unimaginable scale.
Synonyms just about, about, more or less, practically, virtually, all but, as good as, next to, close to, near, nigh on, not far from, not far off, to all intents and purposes, approaching, bordering on, verging on, nearing almost, just about, about, more or less, practically, virtually, all but, as good as, next to, close to, near, nigh on, not far from, not far off, to all intents and purposes, approaching, bordering on, verging on, nearing 2Closely. in the absence of anyone more nearly related, I had been designated next of kin
Phrases you're not nearly as clever as you think you are Example sentencesExamples - It's not nearly as healthy as fresh fruit, but it still makes a tasty treat.
- I must have had it for nearly ten years and it didn't fit anyone nearly as well as it fits you.
- Formal qualifications are not nearly as important as physical fitness and an outgoing personality.
- In the cold light of day things didn't seem nearly as important as they first had.
- Something about the woman seemed familiar but not nearly enough to ring bells in my head.
- The factor of location is important, but not nearly as important as many experts believe.
- Someone who has no fear is not nearly as brave as someone who has fears and faces them.
- Up at half six, and on yet another train - not nearly as nice this time - shortly after eight.
- The problem is that our political situation is not nearly as good as our military one.
- We understood some players would not make it, but not nearly all of them.
- After long travelling, foul weather and false starts, the picture before us is not nearly so idyllic or clear cut.
- By comparison, the bears in the zoo are not nearly as similar to humans as are the apes.
- In truth, foxes are not nearly as great a menace to livestock as the hunt clubs who hunt foxes with hounds.
- It's patronising and slightly depressing but not nearly as horrible as the final film this week.
- Widespread rain this week has given some relief to farmers, but not nearly enough.
- Considering the scale of the problem, this agreement was not nearly enough.
- I feel that not nearly enough revenue is being generated in the county from these visitors.
- A massive flop in America, the film is better than you feared but not nearly as good as you might have hoped.
- The paid hacks are not nearly satisfied with making a living as mouthpieces of suspect leaders.
- Some of his bigger and older teammates were not nearly so impressive.
- We did in the end get a slightly better grant from the government, but not nearly as much as some of our colleagues.
- They were better at the World Cup a year later, but not nearly good enough.
- Still, she's not nearly as bald as she was a year and a half ago, and she likes her new look well enough.
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