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How to Use "Nearly" with Example Sentences

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nearly (adv): almost; not completely

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Used with verbs:

"I was nearly killed."
(killed, destroyed, finished, hit)

"The road nearly disappeared."
(disappeared, collapsed)

"We nearly won."
(won, succeeded, died)

"He nearly vanished."
(vanished, cried)

Used with adjectives:

"They are nearly gone."
( gone, obsolete, extinct)

"The sky is nearly black."
(black, dark, light, empty)

"The room was nearly silent."
(silent, clean, full)

"The clothes are nearly dry."
(dry)

"This math problem is nearly impossible to solve."
(impossible)

"He's nearly bald."
(bald, perfect, deaf, blind)

"I was nearly asleep."
(asleep, dead, broke)

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