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nearly

 adverb
     
near‧ly S1 W1
1 especially British English almost, but not quite or not completely [= almost]:
It took nearly two hours to get here.
Michelle's nearly twenty.
Is the job nearly finished?
Louise is nearly as tall as her mother.
I nearly always go home for lunch.
He very nearly died.
2

not nearly

not at all:
He's not nearly as good-looking as his brother.
We've saved some money, but it's not nearly enough.
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