Almost

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  almost
       adv : (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
             accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for
             `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for
             `almost'; "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}, {just
             about}, {most}, {all but}, {nearly}, {near}, {nigh}, {virtually},
              {well-nigh}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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