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
A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time
as the bullets go flying through space.