NEARLY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

Example:

most everyone agrees

Synonyms:

about; almost; most; near; nearly; nigh; virtually; well-nigh

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a close manner

Example:

the person most nearly concerned

Synonyms:

closely; intimately; nearly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

Context examples:

I was so stunned by this sudden shock that for a time I must have nearly lost my reason.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was a great lord at court, nearly related to the king, and for that reason alone used with respect.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I gave him pretty nearly the same account of my former pursuits as I had given to his fellow professor.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

A class of dietary sterols present in plants with chemical structures nearly identical to cholesterol.

(Phytosterol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A 9-item scale using each of the 9 DSM-IV criteria with self-reported frequency of "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day).

(Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 Item, NCI Thesaurus)

Expressed in the brain by human SHC3 Gene, the 474-aa 52-kD and 594-aa 64-kD isoforms of Neuronal SHC are similar to SHC; nearly 70% homology in the PTB and SH2 domains.

(Neuronal SHC, NCI Thesaurus)

A term used to describe cells that look nearly normal under a microscope.

(Low grade, NCI Dictionary)

The predicted 873-amino acid mouse protein contains a kinase domain similar to RAF kinases; human protein is nearly 95% similar to mouse.

(Kinase Suppressor of RAS-1, NCI Thesaurus)

During a normal day, you breathe nearly 25,000 times.

(Lung Diseases, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)

Occurring at nearly the same time.