Usually means: Almost, but not completely achieved.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word nearly:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. nearly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nearly: Merriam-Webster
  3. nearly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nearly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nearly: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nearly: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nearly, nearly: Wordnik
  8. nearly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nearly: Wiktionary
  10. nearly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nearly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nearly: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Nearly, nearly: Dictionary.com
  14. nearly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Nearly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nearly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. nearly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. nearly: Rhymezone
  19. nearly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. nearly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. nearly: FreeDictionary.org
  22. nearly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. nearly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. nearly: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nearly: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nearly: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nearly: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nearly: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adverb:  In close approximation; almost, virtually.
adverb:  (now rare) With great scrutiny; carefully.
adverb:  With close relation; intimately.
adverb:  Closely, in close proximity.
adverb:  Stingily.

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