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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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