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nearly    音标拼音: [n'ɪrli]
ad. 将近,几乎,差不多

将近,几乎,差不多

nearly
adv 1: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done";
"the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded";
"we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down";
"he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the
recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the
parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by
the run"; "most everyone agrees" [synonym: {about}, {almost},
{most}, {nearly}, {near}, {nigh}, {virtually}, {well-
nigh}]
2: in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately
connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [synonym:
{closely}, {intimately}, {nearly}]

Nearly \Near"ly\, adv.
In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost;
as, he nearly lost his life in the accident.
[1913 Webster]

56 Moby Thesaurus words for "nearly":
about, all but, all in all, almost, almost entirely, approaching,
approximately, around, as good as, barely, by and large, chiefly,
circa, close, close to, closely, effectually, essentially, exactly,
hardly, identically, in, in effect, in essence, in the main,
just about, mainly, more or less, most, mostly, much, narrowly,
near, nearabout, nearing, nigh, nighhand, not quite, on balance,
on the whole, only just, plus ou moins, practically, precisely,
pretty near, roughly, round, roundly, rudely, say, scarcely, some,
somewhere, substantially, virtually, well-nigh

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