Definition of Nearly

approximately or about

Examples of Nearly in a sentence

Ms. Fisher allowed her son to go play outside since he was nearly finished with his homework.  🔊

We were nearly home from the conference when we got into a car accident causing us to walk home.  🔊

Even though the cake was nearly done, we took it out of the oven early because we were very hungry.  🔊

Although 6-year old Sally was tall for her age, she was not nearly tall enough to meet the height requirement of the ride.  🔊

Since the quarterly reports were nearly completed, the businessman went home and decided to finish them early tomorrow morning.  🔊

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