"чуть не" meaning in Russian

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čutʹ ne",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "чуть не"
      },
      "expansion": "чуть не • (čutʹ ne)",
      "name": "ru-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "adv",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "almost crying; on the verge of tears",
          "roman": "čutʹ ne pláča",
          "text": "чуть не пла́ча",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He nearly jumped out of excitement.",
          "roman": "On čutʹ ne podprýgnul ot vostórga.",
          "text": "Он чуть не подпры́гнул от восто́рга.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "And how do they respond to my truth, to my honest attitude? They all but throw stones at me and ride on me.",
          "ref": "1895, Антон Павлович Чехов (Anton Pavlovich Chekhov), “Три года”, in Русская мысль; translated as “Three Years”, in Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, transl., The Complete Short Novels, 2004, section 3",
          "roman": "I kak mne otvečájut na mojú právdu, na mojó čéstnoje otnošénije? V menjá čutʹ ne brosájut kamnjámi i jézdjat na mne verxóm.",
          "text": "И как мне отвеча́ют на мою́ пра́вду, на моё че́стное отноше́ние? В меня́ чуть не броса́ют камня́ми и е́здят на мне верхо́м.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "They were nearly the last to get off at the distant station.",
          "ref": "1962, Юрий Павлович Казаков (Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov), “Двое в декабре”, in Огонёк; translated as “Two in December”, in Bernard Isaacs, transl., Autumn in the Oak Woods: Short Stories, Progress Publishers, 1970, page 122",
          "roman": "Oní sošlí čutʹ ne poslédnimi na daljókoj stáncii.",
          "text": "Они́ сошли́ чуть не после́дними на далёкой ста́нции.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nearly (almost, but not quite), virtually"
      ],
      "id": "en-чуть_не-ru-adv-iszZMC-N",
      "links": [
        [
          "nearly",
          "nearly"
        ],
        [
          "virtually",
          "virtually"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕʉtʲ nʲɪ]"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "чуть не"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čutʹ ne",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "чуть не"
      },
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      "name": "ru-adv"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "Russian terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Russian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "almost crying; on the verge of tears",
          "roman": "čutʹ ne pláča",
          "text": "чуть не пла́ча",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He nearly jumped out of excitement.",
          "roman": "On čutʹ ne podprýgnul ot vostórga.",
          "text": "Он чуть не подпры́гнул от восто́рга.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "And how do they respond to my truth, to my honest attitude? They all but throw stones at me and ride on me.",
          "ref": "1895, Антон Павлович Чехов (Anton Pavlovich Chekhov), “Три года”, in Русская мысль; translated as “Three Years”, in Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, transl., The Complete Short Novels, 2004, section 3",
          "roman": "I kak mne otvečájut na mojú právdu, na mojó čéstnoje otnošénije? V menjá čutʹ ne brosájut kamnjámi i jézdjat na mne verxóm.",
          "text": "И как мне отвеча́ют на мою́ пра́вду, на моё че́стное отноше́ние? В меня́ чуть не броса́ют камня́ми и е́здят на мне верхо́м.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "They were nearly the last to get off at the distant station.",
          "ref": "1962, Юрий Павлович Казаков (Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov), “Двое в декабре”, in Огонёк; translated as “Two in December”, in Bernard Isaacs, transl., Autumn in the Oak Woods: Short Stories, Progress Publishers, 1970, page 122",
          "roman": "Oní sošlí čutʹ ne poslédnimi na daljókoj stáncii.",
          "text": "Они́ сошли́ чуть не после́дними на далёкой ста́нции.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "nearly (almost, but not quite), virtually"
      ],
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        [
          "nearly",
          "nearly"
        ],
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          "virtually",
          "virtually"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[t͡ɕʉtʲ nʲɪ]"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "чуть не"
}