"melkein" meaning in Finnish

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "melkeä"
      },
      "expansion": "melkeä",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "melko"
      },
      "expansion": "melko",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "melki"
      },
      "expansion": "Karelian melki",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The instructive plural form of the dialectal adjective melkeä. Related to melko and Karelian melki.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "adverbs"
      },
      "expansion": "melkein",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "almost, nearly, close to"
      ],
      "id": "en-melkein-fi-adv-1UE8U8Fb",
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "nearly",
          "nearly"
        ],
        [
          "close to",
          "close to"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "almost, nearly, close to",
          "word": "lähes"
        },
        {
          "word": "liki"
        },
        {
          "word": "melkeen"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmelkei̯n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈme̞lk̟e̞i̯n]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elkein"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melkein"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "melkeä"
      },
      "expansion": "melkeä",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "melko"
      },
      "expansion": "melko",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "melki"
      },
      "expansion": "Karelian melki",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The instructive plural form of the dialectal adjective melkeä. Related to melko and Karelian melki.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "adverbs"
      },
      "expansion": "melkein",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Finnish 2-syllable words",
        "Finnish adverbs",
        "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Finnish lemmas",
        "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Finnish/elkein",
        "Rhymes:Finnish/elkein/2 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "almost, nearly, close to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "nearly",
          "nearly"
        ],
        [
          "close to",
          "close to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmelkei̯n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈme̞lk̟e̞i̯n]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elkein"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "almost, nearly, close to",
      "word": "lähes"
    },
    {
      "word": "liki"
    },
    {
      "word": "melkeen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melkein"
}