almost

almost
    adv 1: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
           accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done";
           "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded";
           "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down";
           "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the
           recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the
           parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by
           the run"; "most everyone agrees" [syn: {about}, {almost},
           {most}, {nearly}, {near}, {nigh}, {virtually}, {well-
           nigh}]
    

Almost \Al"most\ ([add]l"m[=o]st), adv. [AS. ealm[ae]st,
   [ae]lm[ae]st, quite the most, almost all; eal (OE. al) all +
   m?st most.]
   Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
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         Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. --Acts
                                                  xxvi. 28.
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   {Almost never}, hardly ever; scarcely ever.

   {Almost nothing}, scarcely anything.
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27 Moby Thesaurus words for "almost":
      about, all but, approximately, as good as, as much as, barely,
      bordering on, close, closely, essentially, hardly, in effect,
      just about, most, much, near, nearabout, nearly, nigh, nighhand,
      not quite, practically, pretty near, scarcely, verging on,
      virtually, well-nigh