Nearly | Mean of nearly in English Dictionary

/ˈniɚli/

• not completely
1. I see her nearly every day.
2. We very nearly missed the plane. [=we came very close to missing the plane]
3. I nearly won.
4. I am nearly finished.
5. We lived there for nearly two years.
6. Nearly 100 people attended.
7. Nearly all of us got sick that weekend.
• much less than
1. There's not nearly enough flour for a cake here.
2. It's not nearly as late as I thought it was.