nearly

[ˈnɪrli]

Definition:
1. Almost; not quite; not completely.
2. In a close manner.

Use 'nearly' in a sentence:

1. Phew! That was close ─ that car nearly hit us.
2. Jeepers! That car nearly hit us!
3. The strikes have idled nearly 4 000 workers.
4. The book runs to nearly 800 pages.
5. Nearly half the students come from overseas.
6. He was very nearly caught.
7. His talk nearly sent me to sleep.
8. He supplied annotations to nearly 15,000 musical works.
9. She nearly died of pneumonia.
10. To look at him you'd never think he was nearly fifty.
11. It's nearly time to leave.
12. They finally turned up at nearly midnight.
13. The event will be telecast simultaneously to nearly 150 cities.
14. There were nearly 200 people at the meeting.
15. All the publicity nearly sent him crazy.
16. It weighs nearly 27 kilos (about 65 pounds).
17. Nearly all seats have an unrestricted view.
18. Nearly all the students have bikes.
19. Hunter knew nearly all of this already.
20. We've nearly finished. We're on the last lap.
21. In attempting to save the child from drowning, she nearly lost her own life.
22. I've worked here for nearly two years.
23. He's not nearly such a good writer as he's cracked up to be.
24. The film is nearly two hours in length.
25. He has invited nearly a hundred people but a lot aren't able to come.
26. A serious injury nearly wrecked his career.
27. I must have drifted off, because when I woke we were nearly home.
28. Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper.
29. He's nearly as tall as you are.
30. Nearly 1 000 students jammed into the hall.
31. 'Nearly there,' she coaxed.
32. Her eyes nearly popped out of her head when she saw them.
33. Are you nearly ready?
34. I nearly died laughing when she said that.
35. I nearly gave myself a rupture lifting that pile of books.
36. It's nearly the end of term.
37. They're nearly always late.
38. The storm nearly tore the roof off.
39. The floodwater nearly reached roof level.
40. The beach was nearly empty.
41. The bottle's nearly empty.
42. Resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry.
43. Nigeria has a population of nearly 100 million.
44. Blake already owed him nearly $50.
45. The list of endangered species includes nearly 600 fishes.
46. Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active.
47. There isn't nearly enough time to get there now.
48. We had to sit through nearly two hours of speeches.
49. The audience was nearly all men.