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When I was 14, my mother died. My father, who had always had ulcers, came apart. He had a series of intestinal operations, and was in the hospital for nearly a year. So the four of us teenagers lived by ourselves in the apartment without a guardian.
Bonnie Bedelia

Meaning of "nearly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEARLY

nearly  [ˈnɪəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEARLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nearly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES NEARLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nearly

Nearly is the solo musical project of former Nine Inch Nails drummer, Jerome Dillon. Dillon plays most of the music himself. The 2005 debut release is entitled Reminder. Claudia Sarne contributes the vocals. Jerome is currently in the studio with engineer/programmer Joshua Kincheloe working on the follow-up to reminder.

Definition of nearly in the English dictionary

The definition of nearly in the dictionary is not quite; almost; practically. Other definition of nearly is closely.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEARLY


biennially
baɪˈɛnɪəlɪ
centennially
sɛnˈtɛnɪəlɪ
ceremonially
ˌsɛrɪˈməʊnɪəlɪ
colonially
kəˈləʊnɪəlɪ
congenially
kənˈdʒiːnɪəlɪ
cranially
ˈkreɪnɪəlɪ
genially
ˈdʒiːnɪəlɪ
intracranially
ˌɪntrəˈkreɪnɪəlɪ
lineally
ˈlɪnɪəlɪ
linearly
ˈlɪnɪəlɪ
matrimonially
ˌmætrɪˈməʊnɪəlɪ
menially
ˈmiːnɪəlɪ
patrilineally
ˌpætrɪˈlɪnɪəlɪ
patrimonially
ˌpætrɪˈməʊnɪəlɪ
perennially
pəˈrenɪəlɪ
quadrennially
kwɒˈdrɛnɪəlɪ
rectilinearly
ˌrɛktɪˈlɪnɪəlɪ
septennially
sepˈtenɪəlɪ
sexennially
sɛkˈsɛnɪəlɪ
triennially
traɪˈenɪəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEARLY

near to
near to one´s heart
near-death experience
near-earth asteroid
near-market
near-market research
near-nudity
near-sighted
near-sightedly
near-sightedness
nearby
Nearctic
nearest and dearest
nearly-new
nearly-new shop
nearness
nearshore
nearside
nearthroses
nearthrosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEARLY

biyearly
bright and early
clearly
collinearly
curvilinearly
dearly
early
half-yearly
interlinearly
marly
not nearly
particularly
patrilinearly
pearly
regularly
scholarly
semiyearly
similarly
unclearly
yearly

Synonyms and antonyms of nearly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NEARLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nearly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of nearly

Translation of «nearly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEARLY

Find out the translation of nearly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nearly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nearly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

几乎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

casi
570 millions of speakers

English

nearly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लगभग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَقْرِيباً
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

почти
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quase
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

presque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hampir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beinahe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ほとんど
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saklawasé
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gần như
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிட்டத்தட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जवळजवळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

neredeyse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quasi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приблизно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aproape
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχεδόν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

byna
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nästan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nesten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nearly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEARLY»

The term «nearly» is very widely used and occupies the 3.674 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEARLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nearly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nearly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nearly

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10 QUOTES WITH «NEARLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nearly.
1
Angela Ahrendts
I'm nearly always at home at the weekends; that's important for every working woman today, not just me. I don't encourage people to come in at the weekend and work; I encourage people to go home and create great families.
2
Richard Attias
Obesity is a problem that nearly every nation in the world is facing, but there is much that we can do to fix it.
3
John Battelle
The open web is full of spam, shady operators, and blatant falsehoods. Outside of a relatively small percentage of high quality sites, most of the web is chock full of popup ads and other interruptive come-ons. It's nearly impossible to find signal in that noise, and the web is in danger of being overrun by all that crap.
4
Bonnie Bedelia
When I was 14, my mother died. My father, who had always had ulcers, came apart. He had a series of intestinal operations, and was in the hospital for nearly a year. So the four of us teenagers lived by ourselves in the apartment without a guardian.
5
Sean Berdy
The deaf community is nearly never portrayed accurately on television/film because most writers never took the time to immerse themselves in the deaf culture before portraying it on television. They also never got to know their deaf actors.
6
Sherwood Boehlert
For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. alcoholic beverage industry. In 2005, craft beer experienced a 9 percent increase in volume, nearly triple that of the growth experienced in the wine and spirits industry.
7
Lizzie Andrew Borden
I don't know what I have said. I have answered so many questions and I am so confused I don't know one thing from another. I am telling you just as nearly as I know.
8
John Bright
It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school.
9
Bear Bryant
Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.
10
Erik Brynjolfsson
When goods are digital, they can be replicated with perfect quality at nearly zero cost, and they can be delivered almost instantaneously. Welcome to the economics of abundance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEARLY»

Discover the use of nearly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nearly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time
Documents the mass extinction of nearly 90 percent of life during the Permian period, discussing what caused the disaster and recent scientific research regarding catastrophic events.
M. J. Benton, 2005
2
A Short History Of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.
Bill Bryson, 2010
3
Rational and Nearly Rational Varieties
Modern theory of rational and nearly rational varieties. Many problems with solutions make it ideal for graduate courses.
János Kollár, Karen E. Smith, Alessio Corti, 2004
4
Nearly Too Much: The Poetry of J.H. Prynne
This is the first book-length study of the work of J. H. Prynne, who has been described by Peter Ackroyd as `without doubt the most formidable and accomplished poet in England today, a writer who has single-handedly changed the vocabulary ...
N. H. Reeve, Richard Kerridge, 1995
5
Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago
"--Andrew H. Knoll, Harvard University, author of "Life on a Young Planet" "Douglas Erwin is the worlds leading expert on the end-Permian extinction. This book will be the standard reference on this crucial event in the history of life.
Douglas H. Erwin, 2006
6
Nearly road kill
What-appears-to-be Boy meets what-appears-to-be Girl in the world of the Net where any persona--and any gender--can be created.
Caitlin Sullivan, Kate Bornstein, 1996
7
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb?
Rhyming text and illustrations present numerous examples of adverbs and their functions.
Brian P. Cleary, 2005
8
Nearly Finished: A Guide to Home Renovation
This book is based on a series of articles published in the Cape Times which elicited some rather interesting responses: 'My husband wants to renovate and I don't.
Robyn Cohen, 2006
9
A Nearly Perfect Copy: A Novel
Richly drawn and sharply observed, A Nearly Perfect Copy is a smart and affecting novel of family and forgery set amidst the rarefied international art world.
Allison Amend, 2013
10
Rings That are Nearly Associative
Rings That are Nearly Associative
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Zhevlakov, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEARLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nearly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How Pluto's most spectacular image was made—and nearly lost
A team of scientists worked through the night to polish this image, captured on 13 July when New Horizons was 768,000 kilometers from the ... «Science /AAAS, Jul 15»
2
Man found decomposing in car after nearly 2 weeks; 1200 guns …
The body of a mystery man was decomposing in his car in the ritzy Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Southern California for nearly two weeks ... «WLS-TV, Jul 15»
3
Yadier Molina achieves MLB's first Molina Triple in nearly four years
Baseball's Catching Molina Brothers — Bengie, Jose and Yadier — are known for their remarkable baseball intelligence, their excellent and ... «For The Win, Jul 15»
4
Were Nearly Naked Dresses Required at Leonardo DiCaprio's Gala …
Leonardo DiCaprio's 2nd Annual Saint-Tropez Gala benefitting his foundation -- which works to protect the environment -- was filled with ... «Entertainment Tonight, Jul 15»
5
The Latest: Tennessee shooter's uncle released from custody after …
The uncle, Asaad Ibrahim Asaad Haj Ali, had been questioned for nearly a week by Jordanian intelligence about the time his nephew ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
6
Camp for kids in bitter custody case nearly $30000
Pontiac — A judge's order to send to camp three children caught up in a bitter custody fight is costing their parents nearly $30,000. More than a ... «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
7
Cherry Hill housing settlement could bring nearly 200 affordable …
CHERRY HILL TWP. — The township finalized settlements in two lawsuits Tuesday, ending decades-long disputes over affordable housing ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
8
CBP Officers Seize Nearly 4000 Counterfeit Hermès Belts In LA
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers announced the seizure of nearly 4,000 counterfeit Hermès belts ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
9
Woman gets life in wrong-way crass that killed woman, nearly killed …
Monique Sullivan, 34, spoke Thursday for the first time about the horrific crash on the River Watch Parkway that killed Hiltz, nearly killed ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»
10
Apple supplier LG Display to spend nearly $1B on fourth OLED …
LG Display on Thursday announced plans to devote almost $1 billion towards building a fourth OLED factory, one that could potentially be ... «Apple Insider, Jul 15»

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