almost

[awl-mohst, awl-mohst] / ˈɔl moʊst, ɔlˈmoʊst /

ADVERB

nearly, very nearly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

about approximately around essentially most much practically relatively roughly virtually

STRONG

nigh well-nigh

WEAK

about to all but as good as bordering on close to close upon for all practical purposes for the greatest part in effect in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about near to not far from not quite on the brink of on the edge of on the point of on the verge of pretty near substantially within sight of

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Like many people, Caroline and her husband Gareth, who she met at school, took it almost for granted they would have children in due course.

From BBC

The league's reigning Most Valuable Player suffered a head blow, a sprained knee and a hand injury in last weekend's hard-fought clash with Jacksonville, but almost single-handedly dragged his team over the line.

From Barron's

The view from above was enlightening, almost clinical.

From The Wall Street Journal

It will be able to serve almost 30 million homes and businesses with fiber-optic broadband, Verizon said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The indicators are almost all on buy signals, and SPX continues to press to new all-time highs.

From MarketWatch

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