nearly

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.