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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151. Nearly 5,000 people a year are put behind bars over motoring penalties.
152. She was quite surprised when she was told that she owed them nearly twenty pounds.
153. attempting to save a child from drowning, she nearly lost her own life.
154. Indianapolis beat out nearly 100 other cities as the site for a huge United Airlines maintenance center.
155. Nearly all of the young people interviewed believed that work was the key to success.
156. The clouds had spread and nearly covered the entire sky.
157. Nearly a hundred local people are going to be booked out of their homes.
158. Nearly everybody enters for 'The Nicest Garden Competition' each year, but Joe wins every time.
159. I nearly gave myself a rupture lifting that pile of books.
160. In attempting to save the child from drowning, she nearly lost her own life.
161. The floods are described as the worst in nearly fifty years.
162. I've nearly finished making my model aeroplane - I just have to glue the wings on.
163. My mother nearly had kittens when I said I was going to buy a motorbike.
164. The painting's history has been chequered. There are nearly a hundred well-documented copies and versions of the work.
165. By the end of May nearly 100 of an estimated 2 000 political prisoners had been freed.
166. It would be a pity to give up now - you've nearly finished.
167. TV globe-trotter Alan Whicker was nearly burned alive by an angry mob in Egypt.
167. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
168. I don't know how Ann stands for her husband's behaviour; he comes home dead drunk nearly every night.
169. The chairs for the concert were nearly all in place.
170. The total was boosted to nearly ￡200by donations from parents.
171. It's not funny , Paul; poor Teresa was nearly in tears.
172. Watch it, you nearly knocked my head off with that plank!
173. The move to the market nearly bankrupted the firm and its director.
174. He looked so contrite that for a moment she nearly believed he really was sorry about what he had said.
175. It's nearly thirty years since a journalist was jailed for refusing to name a source.
176. Some rural schools have 50 pupils, while at the other end of the scale are city schools with nearly 5,000 pupils.
177. This species has nearly died out because its habitat is being destroyed.
178. A: Are you nearly through? B: On the contrary, I've only just begun.
179. When an accident nearly happens, we say it is a close shave or a narrow shave.
180. Astronomers know that Pluto and Triton have nearly the same size, mass, and density.
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.