Synonyms for nearly
ˈnɪər linear·ly

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1. nearly

   Synonyms:
   almost, closely, approximately

   Antonyms:
   quite, entirely, distantly, remotely

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1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   well-nigh, virtually, closely, or so, intimately, roughly, just about, some, nigh, most, about, more or less, almost, close, near, approximately, around, to the highest degree, close to

2. closely, intimately, nearlyadverb

   in a close manner

   "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned"

   Synonyms:
   most, tight, well, nigh, well-nigh, close, virtually, about, almost, near, intimately, closely

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1. nearlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   approximately, not remotely

2. nearlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   almost, well-nigh, within a little

3. nearlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   closely, intimately

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1. List of paraphrases for "nearly":

   almost, near, virtually, approximately, close, practically, about, closely, around, roughly, some, fast, hardly

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1. Stefan Kapferer:

   Conventional power capacity is falling nearly everywhere in Europe and more volatile capacity is being built up.

2. Karen Dunn:

   Huma Abedin is widely known as one of the hardest working and most dedicated public servants over the nearly two decades she served. The IG's report is fundamentally flawed, including contradicting its own conclusion by proving that Huma worked hard even while on maternity leave, no hardworking, dedicated public servant should be subjected to irresponsible allegations based on a fundamentally flawed report and the State Department has undertaken a review of the report. Huma has been nothing but cooperative in helping the Department work through its record keeping issues, and she will continue to do so in the hope the right thing is done.

3. Nenye Uche:

   He pushed his hands on the glass, and he was, his eyes got teary. I've never seen that because he's been really strong in there, he nearly lost hope in our constitutional system.

4. Patrick Leahy:

   Senate Republicans made a big show last year about respecting the voice of the American people in this process, now they're arguing that the Senate should rubber-stamp their nominees selected by extreme interest groups and nominated by a president who lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes.

5. Christopher Pincher:

   The report has to be laid before parliament when it is sitting, if it is not laid before Parliament ceases to sit this evening, it will not be capable of being laid until the committee is reformed, and in 2017 that took nearly six months.