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nearly (nir′lē)

adverb

  1. almost; not quite; all but nearly finished
  2. Now Rare closely; intimately to be nearly related
  3. Archaic parsimoniously; stingily
nearly Idioms

not nearly

not at all; far from

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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