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Definitions for nearly
ˈnɪər linear·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word nearly.
Princeton's WordNet
about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nighadverb
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
"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"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
closely, intimately, nearlyadverb
in a close manner
"the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned"
Wiktionary
nearlyadverb
almost, but not quite; slightly short of
He left a nearly full beer on the bar.
nearlyadverb
intimately
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Nearlyadverb
Etymology: from near.
Many are the enemies of the priesthood: they are diligent to observe whatever may nearly or remotely blemish it. Francis Atterbury.
Nearly it now concerns us, to be sure
Of our omnipotence. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. v.It concerneth them nearly, to preserve that government which they had trusted with their money. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.
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nearly
Nearly is an adverb used to indicate that something is not completely the case but is very close to being so. It often refers to something that has almost but not completely happened, or is almost but not exactly accurate or right.
Webster Dictionary
Nearlyadverb
in a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost
Wikidata
nearLY
Nearly is the solo musical project of former Nine Inch Nails drummer, Jerome Dillon. Dillon plays most of the music himself. The 2005 debut release is entitled Reminder. Claudia Sarne contributes the vocals. Jerome is currently in the studio with engineer/programmer Joshua Kincheloe working on the follow-up to reminder.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'nearly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #925
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'nearly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #660
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'nearly' in Adverbs Frequency: #93
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nearly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nearly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of nearly in a Sentence
Even the most robust corals require nearly a decade to recover, so we're really losing that window of recovery. We're getting back-to-back bleaching events, back-to-back heat waves. And, and the corals just aren't adapting to these new conditions.
Nearly 700,000 cows and bulls ... will starve to death or will be smuggled to slaughter houses. We have to save them.
NRDC seeks environmental solutions that are grounded in sound science, U.S. law and the public interest, we work on behalf of every American to protect our people against dangerous pollution and leave our children a livable world. Those are American values, American goals, and advancing them is manifestly in our national interest, as we have consistently demonstrated for nearly 50 years.
The war fighter needs a decision : ‘ Do I engage or not ? ’ the process in general is a bunch of chat windows open on a computer screen — about 20 or more — and then a bunch of people start looking into systems to find out, ‘ Where is that target ? What are the surrounding facilities ? Are there schools ? Are there hospitals ? Are there civilian populations ? What munition would be appropriate ? Do we engage or not ? By using technology developed by private companies, The Air Force says it saved time and manpower, and even saved nearly a million dollars of fuel per week. ( REUTERS) As part of a Defense Innovation Advisory Board, leaders from technology companies like Pivotal Software went to the Combined Air Operations Center( CAOC) at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to see how they could help. What they encountered was startling. They saw lots of whiteboards.
I think this took my research group an afternoon. You uncover that there's no basis for this, but if you're not someone who, like me, spends all day working on statistics and data, six order polynomials and nearly perfect correlations --- it sounds like he's uncovered something really impressive.
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Translations for nearly
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- تقريبًاArabic
- амальBelarusian
- почтиBulgarian
- gairebéCatalan, Valencian
- téměř, málem, skoroCzech
- fast, beinaheGerman
- σχεδόνGreek
- preskaŭEsperanto
- casiSpanish
- peaaeguEstonian
- تقریباPersian
- miltei, lähes, melkein, likiFinnish
- presqueFrench
- beagnach, de chóirIrish
- כִּמְעַטHebrew
- लगभगHindi
- majdnemHungarian
- գրեթե, համարյաArmenian
- quasiItalian
- 殆ど, ほとんどJapanese
- თითქმისGeorgian
- 거의Korean
- propeLatin
- beveikLithuanian
- gandrīzLatvian
- скоро, речисиMacedonian
- bijnaDutch
- kʼasdą́ą́ʼNavajo, Navaho
- prawiePolish
- quasePortuguese
- чуть не, приблизительно, около, почтиRussian
- skoro, скороSerbo-Croatian
- skoro, takmerSlovak
- skôrajSlovene
- uppemot, nästanSwedish
- เกือบจะThai
- майже, сливеUkrainian
- gần, gần nhưVietnamese
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