Synonym: almost, approximately, close to, just about. Similar words: not nearly, early, early warning, regularly, similarly, particularly, nearby, on earth. Meaning: ['nɪrlɪ /'nɪə-] 
adv. 1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished 2. in a close manner.
adv. 1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished 2. in a close manner. 
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61. Demonstrators nearly came to blows with the police during the march.
62. The job's nearly finished.
63. Of the four million people who have become vegetarians in Britain, nearly two-thirds are women.
64. Goldsworth stared at me in silence for nearly twenty seconds.
65. She was nearly demented with worry when her son didn't come home.
66. The Thirty Year's War nearly caused the breakup of the empire.
67. There's not nearly enough food for all these people!
68. Nearly half the students come from abroad.
69. The storm nearly tore the roof off.
70. I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
71. She's nearly 90 and mostly keeps to her room.
72. I nearly fainted in the heat.
73. That fever nearly finished him off.
74. It's nearly the sheep's lambing time.
75. The wind nearly tipped over the car.
76. Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.
77. The room was nearly empty of furniture.
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78. Come on, keep at it, you've nearly finished!
79. Keep going, Sarah, you're nearly there.
80. Jim has borne arms for nearly three years.
81. We nearly died of exposure on the mountainside.
82. Let's push on it's nearly nightfall.
83. Nearly every bomb scored a hit.
84. Your dress is nearly the same as mine.
85. There isn't nearly enough time to get there now.
86. I nearly brained myself on that low beam.
87. Tom has not nearly corrected his shortcomings in work.
88. I nearly froze to death watching that football match.
89. I nearly tripped over the cat.
90. Working 100 hours a week nearly did for me.
More similar words: not nearly, early, early warning, regularly, similarly, particularly, nearby, on earth, near to, far and near, year after year, neat, sneak, garlic, one another, Charlie, fairly, beneath, parlance, formerly, elderly, properly, underlying, one after another, wear, tear, year, gear, hear, rear.