Associations to the word «Nearly»
Adjective
- Seventy
- Forty
- Sixty
- Identical
- Eighty
- Thirty
- Twenty
- Fifty
- Doubled
- Amassed
- All
- Million
- Eighteen
- Fifteen
- Perpendicular
- Hundred
- Doubling
- Drowned
- Percent
- Ten
- Bankrupt
- Extinct
- Thousand
- Impenetrable
- Exhausted
- Impossible
- Ubiquitous
- Spherical
- Fuscous
- Invisible
- Sixteen
- Fourteen
- Practicable
- Instantaneous
- Six
- Perished
- Abreast
- Three
- Eight
- Destitute
- Circular
- Five
- Deserted
- Four
- Dozen
- Twelve
- Equal
- Stationary
- Two
- Nine
- Oblique
- Extinguished
- Seven
- Blinded
- Uninterrupted
- Translucent
Verb
Wiktionary
NEARLY, adverb. (now rare) With great scrutiny; carefully. [from 16th c.]
NEARLY, adverb. With close relation; intimately. [from 16th c.]
NEARLY, adverb. Closely, in close proximity. [from 16th c.]
NEARLY, adverb. In close approximation; almost, virtually. [from 17th c.]
Dictionary definition
NEARLY, adverb. (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".
NEARLY, adverb. In a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned".
Wise words
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you
love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You
have to get up in the morning and write something you love,
something to live for.