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not quite
adverb as in almost
adverb as in approximately
adverb as in hardly
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- almost inconceivably
- almost not
- by a hair
- by no means
- detectably
- faintly
- gradually
- imperceptibly
- infrequently
- little
- no more than
- no way
- not a bit
- not at all
- not by much
- not likely
- not markedly
- not measurably
- not much
- not notably
- not noticeably
- not often
- once in a blue moon
- only
- only just
- perceptibly
- pretty near
- scantly
- slightly
- sparsely
- sporadically
- with trouble
adverb as in just about
adverb as in little
adverb as in more or less
adverb as in nearly
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Example Sentences
It was promoted on what might be called not-quite-mainstream or, indeed, axe-to-grind media.
Twenty-five years later, he wrote a mealy-mouthed not-quite apology for his rhetoric.
I suppose it's largely futile to try to rectify these sorts of not-quite-false advertising claims.
Crowley should not have intervened to say it was true; I assume she was working off of a not-quite-full memory of the speech.
They were downstairs in the precinct, not-quite arrested, not-quite free to go, just yet.
The not-quite-sick were already back to normal p. 47 health.
There wasn't any use trying to tell things how they really were to Paul, because to him things weren't ever sort-of-but-not-quite.
It was the difference that exists between good- and not-quite-good taste.
The stad—the not-quite-stad—was five times bigger than a stad had a right to be.
Her skin was tanned to a deep and glowing almost-but-not-quite-brown.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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