nearly

Almost but not quite.

In a close manner; intimately.

Close at hand; in close proximity; at no great distance; hence, narrowly; with close scrutiny.

Closely: as, two persons nearly related.

Intimately; pressingly; with a close relation to one’s interest or happiness.

Within a little of; almost: as, nearly twenty; the prisoner nearly escaped; nearly dead with cold.

With niggardliness or parsimony.

Exactly; precisely.

In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.

almost, but not quite; slightly short of