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"word": "nearly-dead"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nearly man"
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"word": "nearly never bulled a cow"
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"text": "He left a nearly full beer on the bar.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I nearly didn't go to work yesterday.",
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{
"text": "He was (so/very) nearly caught.",
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"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
"text": "She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.",
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{
"ref": "1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 97",
"text": "'Since Heidi's been here, delightful things have happened nearly every day.'",
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{
"ref": "2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 2013-05-09, page 184",
"text": "In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.",
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"In close approximation; almost, virtually."
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "gati"
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"roman": "taqrīban",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "تَقْرِيبًا"
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"roman": "hamarya",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "համարյա"
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "գրեթե"
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "নাগাদ"
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "gairebé"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "navnigesdi",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ᎾᎥᏂᎨᏍᏗ"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "幾乎"
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{
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{
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "peaaegu"
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
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{
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "titkmis",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ka",
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"code": "de",
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "fast"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "el",
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "σχεδόν"
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "el",
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"roman": "paralígo",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "prèske"
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kim'át",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "כִּמְעַט"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lagbhag",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "लगभग"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "majdnem"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "de chóir"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "beagnach"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "suas le"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "quasi"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "praticamente"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "circa"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "ōkata",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "大方"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "hotondo",
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"word": "殆ど"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geoui",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "거의"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "prope"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "paene"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ferē"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "gandrīz"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "beveik"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "réčisi",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "mk",
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "kważi"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "tōtahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "kainamu"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "kʼasdą́ą́ʼ"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "nesten"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "bortimot"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "nesten"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "fornēah"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "taqriban",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "تقریباً"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "prawie"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "bez mała"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "blisko"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "quase"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "yaqa"
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
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"roman": "počtí",
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"word": "почти́"
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "ókolo",
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priblizítelʹno",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "приблизи́тельно"
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čutʹ ne",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "чуть не"
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "nod",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "नोद्"
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "maistly"
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
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"word": "ско̀ро"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"tags": [
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"word": "skòro"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "takmer"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "skoro"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "skôraj"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "casi"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "nästan"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "uppemot"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ái"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gèuap jà",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "เกือบจะ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "neredeyse"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "hemen hemen"
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"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "májže",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ма́йже"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slyvé",
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"word": "сливе́"
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{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "gần"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "gần như"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 7 10 12 21",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shyer",
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"word": "שיער"
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"With great scrutiny; carefully."
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"(now rare) With great scrutiny; carefully."
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"text": "She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.",
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"word": "nearly-dead"
},
{
"word": "nearly man"
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{
"word": "nearly never bulled a cow"
}
],
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"2": "near",
"3": "ly"
},
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"name": "suffix"
}
],
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{
"form": "nearlier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more nearly",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "nearliest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "most nearly",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "er",
"2": "more"
},
"expansion": "nearly (comparative nearlier or more nearly, superlative nearliest or most nearly)",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "He left a nearly full beer on the bar.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I nearly didn't go to work yesterday.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He was (so/very) nearly caught.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
"text": "She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 97",
"text": "'Since Heidi's been here, delightful things have happened nearly every day.'",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 2013-05-09, page 184",
"text": "In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In close approximation; almost, virtually."
],
"links": [
[
"almost",
"almost"
],
[
"virtually",
"virtually"
]
],
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{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
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}
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"With great scrutiny; carefully."
],
"links": [
[
"carefully",
"carefully"
]
],
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"(now rare) With great scrutiny; carefully."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1837, The Dublin University Magazine",
"text": "She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"With close relation; intimately."
],
"links": [
[
"relation",
"relation"
],
[
"intimately",
"intimately"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Closely, in close proximity."
],
"links": [
[
"Closely",
"closely"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Stingily."
],
"links": [
[
"Stingily",
"stingy"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɪəli/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɪɹli/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈniːɹli/",
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)li"
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-nearly.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "almost"
},
{
"word": "nigh"
},
{
"word": "well-nigh"
},
{
"word": "near"
},
{
"word": "close to"
},
{
"word": "next to"
},
{
"word": "practically"
},
{
"word": "virtually"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "gati"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taqrīban",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "تَقْرِيبًا"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hamarya",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "համարյա"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "gretʿe",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "գրեթե"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "amálʹ",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ама́ль"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "nagad",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "নাগাদ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "počtí",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "почти́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "gairebé"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "quasi"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "navnigesdi",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ᎾᎥᏂᎨᏍᏗ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "幾乎"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīhū",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "几乎"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chàbuduō",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "差不多"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "málem"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "skoro"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "téměř"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "bijna"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "preskaŭ"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "peaaegu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "lähes"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "melkein"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "miltei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "liki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "presque"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "titkmis",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "თითქმის"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "lamis",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ლამის"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "beinahe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "fast"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "schedón",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "σχεδόν"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paralígo",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "παραλίγο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skhedón",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "σχεδόν"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "prèske"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kim'át",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "כִּמְעַט"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lagbhag",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "लगभग"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "majdnem"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "de chóir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "beagnach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "suas le"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "quasi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "praticamente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "circa"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōkata",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "大方"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hotondo",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "殆ど"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geoui",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "거의"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "prope"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "paene"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ferē"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "gandrīz"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "beveik"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "réčisi",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ре́чиси"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skóro",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ско́ро"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "kważi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "tōtahi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "kainamu"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "kʼasdą́ą́ʼ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "nesten"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "bortimot"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "nesten"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "bortimot"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "fornēah"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "taqriban",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "تقریباً"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "prawie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "bez mała"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "blisko"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "quase"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "yaqa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtí",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "почти́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ókolo",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "о́коло"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priblizítelʹno",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "приблизи́тельно"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čutʹ ne",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "чуть не"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "nod",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "नोद्"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "maistly"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ско̀ро"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "skòro"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "takmer"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "skoro"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "skôraj"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "casi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "nästan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "uppemot"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ái"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gèuap jà",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "เกือบจะ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "neredeyse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "hemen hemen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "májže",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "ма́йже"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slyvé",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "сливе́"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "gần"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "gần như"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shyer",
"sense": "almost, but not quite",
"word": "שיער"
}
],
"word": "nearly"
}
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