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I got into medical school at the University of California in San Francisco and did well. A lot of smart kids in medical school, and believe me, I wasn't not nearly the smartest one, but I was the most focused and the happiest kid in medical school. In 1979, I graduated as the valedictorian and was honored with the Gold Cane Award.
Richard Carmona

Meaning of "not nearly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NOT NEARLY

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WHAT DOES NOT NEARLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of not nearly in the English dictionary

The definition of not nearly in the dictionary is nowhere near; not at all.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOT NEARLY

not know what has hit one
not know where to put oneself
not know whether one is Arthur or Martha
not know whether one is coming or going
not lift a finger
not long for this world
not look at
not much chop
not much of
not much to look at
not on your life
not one´s idea of
not proven
not put it past someone
not really?
not so dusty
not spare oneself
not take a feather out of someone
not take kindly to
not take no for an answer

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOT NEARLY

biyearly
bright and early
clearly
collinearly
curvilinearly
dearly
early
half-yearly
interlinearly
linearly
nearly
particularly
patrilinearly
pearly
rectilinearly
regularly
semiyearly
similarly
unclearly
yearly

Synonyms and antonyms of not nearly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «not nearly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOT NEARLY

Find out the translation of not nearly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of not 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 «not nearly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

几乎没有
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no casi
570 millions of speakers

English

not nearly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लगभग नहीं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لا يكاد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

не почти
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

não quase
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রায় নয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

presque pas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak hampir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nicht annähernd
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ではないがほぼ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하지 거의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora meh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không gần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிட்டத்தட்ட இல்லை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जवळपास नाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yakın değil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non quasi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nie prawie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хай ніхто не
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nu de aproape
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεν είναι σχεδόν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nie naastenby
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inte alls
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ikke på langt nær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of not nearly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOT NEARLY»

The term «not nearly» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.376 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOT NEARLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «not nearly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «not 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 not nearly

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10 QUOTES WITH «NOT NEARLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word not nearly.
1
Lance Armstrong
Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.
2
Bob Barker
I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s.
3
Andy Behrman
Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been for me, but nonetheless, it's difficult to deal with. Many get themselves into debt that can take years to clear up, write bad cheques, shoplift and borrow huge amounts from family and friends.
4
Kristen Bell
I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl.
5
Niels Bohr
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.
6
Derek Bok
Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.
7
Richard Carmona
I got into medical school at the University of California in San Francisco and did well. A lot of smart kids in medical school, and believe me, I wasn't not nearly the smartest one, but I was the most focused and the happiest kid in medical school. In 1979, I graduated as the valedictorian and was honored with the Gold Cane Award.
8
Douglas Conant
I've met so many leaders who realize that telling your colleagues something that is on your mind is so much easier than keeping it in. Sometimes the things we make up in our heads are not nearly as big a deal as we think.
9
Billy Connolly
I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.
10
David Filo
The Internet is not nearly as fail-safe as the phone system.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOT NEARLY»

Discover the use of not nearly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to not nearly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Advances in Accounting Education Teaching and Curriculum ...
1. With regard to fairness and impartiality, The Professor was y a. Absolutely what I expected c. Not nearly what I expected b. Close to what I expected d. Absolutely not what I expected 2. The Professor seemed to be well prepared for class a.
Dorothy Feldman, Anthony H. Catanach, 2010
2
The Farmer's Magazine
Flour of wheat, not nearly ripe Flour of the same kind, nearly ripe . Leaves of the wheat, not nearly ripe .... Leaves of the wheat, nearly ripe Stems of wheat, not nearly ripe „ „ nearly ripe Chaff of wheat, not nearly ripe „ „ when nearly ripe .
‎1846
3
British Farmer's Magazine
Flour of wheat, not nearly ripe . Flour of the same kind, nearly ripe . Leaves of the wheat, not nearly rijie Leaves of the wheat, nearly ripe Stems of wheat, not nearly ripe „ >, nearly ripe Chaff of wheat, not nearly ripe „ „ when nearly ripe .
‎1847
4
The elements of plane and spherical Trigonometry ... Second ...
... good approximations: A sin A = cos A sin 11, when A is not nearly = 90° : A cos A = -— sin A sin h, when A is not nearly = 0" or 180”: A tan A = sec”A tan h, when A is not nearly = 90° : A cot A =-cosec'A tan h, when Ais not nearly = 0° or 180”.
John HIND (M.A.), 1855
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Table VI. Flour of wheat not nearly ripe Flour of the same kind nearly ripe . . Leaves of the wheat not nearly ripe . . Leaves of the same when nearly ripe Stems of the wheat not nearly ripe . . Stems of the same when nearly ripe. . Chaff of wheat ...
‎1838
6
The Farmer's Magazine
Flour of the same kind nearly lipe Leaves of the wheat not nearly ripe Leaves of the same when nearly ripe .] Stems of the wheat not nearly ripe . . Stems of the same when nearly ripe. . Chaff of wheat not nearly ripe Chaff of the same when ...
Joseph Rogerson, 1839
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Kaplan GMAT Advanced 2009-2010 Edition: Intensive Prep for ...
Recent studies have shown that there are now one teacher for every thirty- one students in Californiaʼs elementary schools, not nearly as many than there were even five years ago. (A) there are now one teacher for every thirty-one students in  ...
Eric Craig Goodman, Kaplan, 2009
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Praxis I, PPST, Pre-professional Skills Tests
(D) I, on the next day, agreed to help her put up new wallpaper. (E) I agreed to, on the next day, help her put up new wallpaper. 29. We saw many of. though not nearly all, the existing Roman ruins along the Mediterranean coastline of Africa.
‎1996
9
The Best Test Preparation for the SAT II, Subject Test, Writing
(D) I, on the next day, agreed to help her put up new wallpaper. (E) I agreed to, on the next day, help her put up new wallpaper. 34. We saw many of. though not nearly all, the existing Roman ruins along the Mediterranean coastline of Africa.
Ellen Conner, Mamie Webb Hixon, 1994
10
GMAT CAT: The Best Test Preparation for the Graduate ...
The Best Test Preparation for the Graduate Management Admission Test with REA's TESTware E. Davis, R. Fryer, Thomas C. Kennedy, E. Klett, James S. Malek, Ethel Wood, V. Rohatgi. 4. Cairo. (A) We saw many of, though not nearly all, the ...
E. Davis, R. Fryer, Thomas C. Kennedy, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOT NEARLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term not nearly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stage 19 Analysis: Nibali and Quintana Attack Froome
And Quintana, who apparently wasn't feeling 100 percent today, did manage to put time into Froome, but not nearly enough. The 30 seconds ... «Bicycling, Jul 15»
2
What Is Wrong with the West's Economies?
... the established industries like traditional manufacturing and services that was not nearly offset by the innovation that flowered in a few new industries—digital, ... «The New York Review of Books, Jul 15»
3
What Is Static Electricity?
Because protons are generally confined to atomic nuclei, which are in turn imbedded inside atoms, they are not nearly as free to move as are ... «Live Science, Jul 15»
4
Approved: Malaria vaccine gets 'green light'
This presents a dilemma for the WHO, which will decide in October whether the vaccine should be deployed, because it is not nearly as ... «Pulse.com.gh, Jul 15»
5
The Red Sox should trade for Cole Hamels
... prospect Manuel Margot and near-ready lefty starter Henry Owens makes a lot of sense for both sides, but those two are not nearly enough. «Over The Monster, Jul 15»
6
Amtrak Derailment Victims Face a Liability Limit
“That's not nearly enough for medical and other expenses given the scope of the potential damages in the May 12 Amtrak crash,” said Ben ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
7
Colorado Springs among U.S. airports with most cut flights
Denver International Airport has seen a decline in flights, too, but not nearly at the pace of the Springs airport. Weekly domestic departures are ... «9NEWS.com, Jul 15»
8
No Molds Broken By 'Southpaw' (Movie Review)
It's as predictable as Thanksgiving dinner, and not nearly as satisfying. Like Thanksgiving, the recipe is tried and true. Take one boxer, add a ... «Glide Magazine, Jul 15»
9
New York Times Editor on Hillary Stonewalling the Press: 'Who …
Rosenthal's take on the Republicans was not nearly so positive. “Everything Ben Nelson says is ridiculous,” he said, in was likely intended as ... «Mediaite, Jul 15»
10
Data breaches becoming too commonplace in America
However, the AFGE responded, saying that the offer is not nearly enough. They rightly indicate that once personal data is stolen, that there is no ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»

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