Deeper Dive: almost

almost adverb [AS. ealmæst, ælmæst, quite the most, almost all; eal (OE. al) all + mst most.]

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28.
Almost never
hardly ever; scarcely ever.
Almost nothing
scarcely anything.



-- Webster's unabridged 1913





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