Words and expressions meaning ‘nearly’ or ‘almost’: “He fell off the ladder and ________ (broke his neck).”
ALMOST | 204 |
NEARLY | 176 |
PRETTY NEAR | 144 |
JUST ABOUT | 124 |
LIKE TO | 84 |
DARN NEAR | 82 |
DAMN NEAR | 47 |
LIKE TO HAVE | 46 |
NR | 41 |
DURN NEAR | 34 |
PRACTICALLY | 31 |
CAME CLOSE TO | 21 |
CLOSE TO | 18 |
ABOUT | 16 |
ALL BUT | 14 |
NEAR | 11 |
PRETTY NIGH | 10 |
VERY NEAR | 10 |
PRETTY NEARLY | 9 |
CAME NEAR | 7 |
JUST MISSED | 7 |
MOST | 7 |
VERY NEARLY | 7 |
DANG NIGH | 6 |
MIGHT NEAR | 6 |
COME NEAR | 5 |
NIGH | 5 |
MIGHTY NEAR | 4 |
MIGHTY NIGH | 4 |
NEAR BOUT | 4 |
CAME NEAR TO | 3 |
COME CLOSE TO | 3 |
COULD HAVE | 3 |
DAMN NIGH | 3 |
NEAR ABOUT | 3 |
WELL NIGH | 3 |
BARELY MISSED | 2 |
CAME ALL AROUND | 2 |
CAME WITHIN AN ACE OF | 2 |
COME CLOSE | 2 |
COME NEAR TO | 2 |
COME NIGH | 2 |
COME PRETTY NEAR | 2 |
NEXT TO | 2 |
PLUMB NEAR | 2 |
PRETTY NEAR IT | 2 |
ALMOST CRACKED HIS NECK | 1 |
BOUT | 1 |
BY THE GRACE OF GOD HE DIDN’T | 1 |
CAME PRETTY CLOSE TO | 1 |
CAME VERY NEAR | 1 |
CAME VERY NEAR TO | 1 |
CAME WITHIN A INCH OF | 1 |
CAME WITHIN AN INCH OF | 1 |
CAME WITHIN INCHES OF | 1 |
CAME WITHIN NOTHING OF | 1 |
CLOSE | 1 |
COME IN AN ACE OF | 1 |
COME MIGHT NEAR | 1 |
COME VERY NEAR | 1 |
COME VERY NEAR TO | 1 |
COME WITHIN A HAIR | 1 |
COME WITHIN AN ACE | 1 |
COULD’VE | 1 |
COULD’VE BROKEN | 1 |
DAMNED NEAR | 1 |
DARN NIGH | 1 |
DIDN’T QUITE | 1 |
FAIRLY | 1 |
FLAT | 1 |
FRACTURED HIS NECK | 1 |
HALF-NEAR | 1 |
HALFWAY | 1 |
HIGH NEAR | 1 |
JOLLY WELL NEARLY | 1 |
JUST FELL SHORT OF KILLING HIMSELF | 1 |
JUST SHY OF | 1 |
LIKED TO | 1 |
LIKEN TO HAVE | 1 |
LIKENED TO | 1 |
“LOCK, STOCK, AND BARREL” | 1 |
MORE THAN NEARLY | 1 |
MOST NEARLY | 1 |
MOST NIGH | 1 |
MOSTLY | 1 |
NARROWLY ESCAPED | 1 |
NEAR AGAIN | 1 |
NEAR KILLED HIMSELF | 1 |
NEARLY ABOUT | 1 |
NIGH ABOUT | 1 |
NIGH ONTO | 1 |
NIGHLY | 1 |
NOT QUITE | 1 |
PLAIN | 1 |
POSSIBLY | 1 |
PROBABLY | 1 |
PURTY NIGH | 1 |
SHOULD HAVE | 1 |
SOMEWHERE NEAR | 1 |
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