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NEARLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
Example:
most everyone agrees
Synonyms:
about; almost; most; near; nearly; nigh; virtually; well-nigh
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Sense 2
Meaning:
In a close manner
Example:
the person most nearly concerned
Synonyms:
closely; intimately; nearly
Classified under:
Context examples:
I was so stunned by this sudden shock that for a time I must have nearly lost my reason.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There was a great lord at court, nearly related to the king, and for that reason alone used with respect.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I gave him pretty nearly the same account of my former pursuits as I had given to his fellow professor.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
A class of dietary sterols present in plants with chemical structures nearly identical to cholesterol.
(Phytosterol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
A 9-item scale using each of the 9 DSM-IV criteria with self-reported frequency of "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day).
(Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 Item, NCI Thesaurus)
Expressed in the brain by human SHC3 Gene, the 474-aa 52-kD and 594-aa 64-kD isoforms of Neuronal SHC are similar to SHC; nearly 70% homology in the PTB and SH2 domains.
(Neuronal SHC, NCI Thesaurus)
A term used to describe cells that look nearly normal under a microscope.
(Low grade, NCI Dictionary)
The predicted 873-amino acid mouse protein contains a kinase domain similar to RAF kinases; human protein is nearly 95% similar to mouse.
(Kinase Suppressor of RAS-1, NCI Thesaurus)
During a normal day, you breathe nearly 25,000 times.
(Lung Diseases, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)
Occurring at nearly the same time.
(Metasynchronous, NCI Dictionary)
