Sentence example with the word 'nearly'

nearly

about, approaching, by and large, closely, identically, just about, much, nigh, only just, roughly, scarcely, well-nigh

Definition adv. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished

Last update: September 6, 2015


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He nearly missed the target.   [Please select]

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We've been married for nearly five years, and we just made love.   [Please select]

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In 1709, nearly a century after the poet's death.   [Please select]

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For nearly three months, I had never been called to Mrs.   [Please select]

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I nearly fell out of mine; it was like a shelf.   [Please select]

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Rochester is nearly forty; she is but twenty-five.   [Please select]

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It is nearly four oclock in the afternoon, sir.   [Please select]

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"Nearly seven good leagues."   [Please select]

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nearing - nearly - nearness