( of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; ` near' is sometimes used informally for ` nearly' and ` most' is sometimes used informally for ` almost'; " the job is ( just) about done"; " the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; " we're almost finished"; " the car all but ran her down"; " he nearly fainted"; " talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; " the recording is well- nigh perfect"; " virtually all the parties signed the contract"; " I was near exhausted by the run"; " most everyone agrees"

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

Nearly; very nearly; well- nigh; all but.

Nearly; for the most part.

Nearly; wellnigh.

Almost more than I can think of!" – Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

Then we can do almost anything we please- live any place you like." – One Woman's Life by Robert Herrick

They are quite good, almost always. – The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted by Katharine Ellis Barrett

" I expect my father almost any moment," she said. – True and Other Stories by George Parsons Lathrop

It was almost time. – Anything You Can Do by Gordon Randall Garrett

" Oh, it would be almost too good to be true," says she. – The House of Torchy by Sewell Ford

I am almost afraid! – Innocent Her Fancy and His Fact by Marie Corelli

" Yes, yes, I know," he almost seemed to be saying. – Under the Skylights by Henry Blake Fuller

Almost lost my life. – Undo-a-Novel-By-Joe-Hutsko by Hutsko, Joe

I notice it almost every morning. – The Hole in the Wall by Arthur Morrison

It's almost a matter of life and death. – The Last Woman by Ross Beeckman

But you have a way of getting on without it that is almost as good. – Outpost by J.G. Austin

But I'm almost right again now. – The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

I decided upon it almost a week ago. – The Belovéd Traitor by Frank L. Packard

I am alive and almost well. – Letters of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov Translated by Constance Garnett

We used to go to see her almost every day. – Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches by Sarah Orne Jewett

I hope you may live till I am almost an old woman, papa. – The Lovels of Arden by M. E. Braddon

" I almost made you say it, didn't I? – The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. Dell

Pretty soon we were back almost to where we had started from. – Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels by Percy Keese Fitzhugh