nearly

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈnɪəli/]

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1. nearly (adv) — sense 1

Definition: In close approximation; almost, virtually.

Example: He left a nearly full beer on the bar.

2. nearly (adv) — sense 2

Definition: With great scrutiny; carefully.

Example: And whosoever hath traced mee and nearely [translating de pres] looked into my humours, Ile loose a good wager if hee confesse not that there is no rule in their schoole, could, a midde such crooked pathes and divers windings, square and report this naturall motion, and maintaine an apparance of liberty and licence so equall and inflexible […].

3. nearly (adv) — sense 3

Definition: With close relation; intimately.

Example: Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already.

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