- The world population is expanding at the rate of nearly 90 million people a year.
- Nearly all electronic devices have a serial number as the unique identity. ... Nearly all of the illustrations are brightly coloured and highly detailed.
- It was already nearly eight o'clock I was nearly asleep The voyage is nearly over You're nearly there I've nearly finished the words for your song. = almost.
- These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'nearly.'
- During the 1991 - 2 fiscal year nearly 79 per cent of government fiscal resources were allocated to the recurrent budget.
- He served for nearly five decades as a member of Parliament and died three days after the bill banning slavery passed.
- The train was nearly full: Tren hemen hemen dolu idi. He was nearly dead with cold: Soğuktan nerde ise ölüyordu.
- nearly incomprehensible : neredeyse anlaşılmaz. nearly indestructible : neredeyse yıkılmaz.
- about, approximately, nearly, circa, in the rough. ... almost, nearly, just, just about, all but, within an ace of doing.
- From near + -ly. Cognate with Scots nerelie, neirlie (“nearly”). Compare also English nearling, nearlings. Pronunciation. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɪəli/.