What does nearly mean?
Nearly means In close approximation; almost, virtually..
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/ˈnɪəli/ · adverb
In close approximation; almost, virtually..
He left a nearly full beer on the bar.
I nearly didn't go to work yesterday.
He was (so/very) nearly over the worst part of his college degree.
She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
'Since Heidi's been here, delightful things have happened nearly every day.'
In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
It’s been nearly four years since China put tariffs on American-grown soybeans during a tit-for-tat trade war with then-President Donald Trump – and they remain in place despite the change in administrations.
And whosoever hath traced mee and nearely [translating de pres] looked into my humours, Ile loose a good wager if hee confesse not that there is no rule in their schoole, could, a midde such crooked pathes and divers windings, square and report this naturall motion, and maintaine an apparance of liberty and licence so equall and inflexible […].
Use nearly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nearly means In close approximation; almost, virtually..
Common synonyms include almost, nigh, well-nigh, near.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He left a nearly full beer on the bar.
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