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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Almost \Al"most\, 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
Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. --Acts
xxvi. 28.
{Almost never}, scarcely ever.
{Almost nothing}, scarcely anything
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
almost
adv : (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; "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"; (`near' is used
informally for `nearly' as in "I was near exhausted by
the run"; `most' is used informally for `almost' as in
"most everybody agrees") [syn: {about}, {just about}, {most},
{all but}, {nearly}, {near}, {nigh}, {virtually}, {well-nigh}]
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