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Adverb
Very close to in amount, degree or quantity, but not quite
virtually
almost
practically
near
nearly
about
borderline
nigh
fairly
approximately
most
roughly
feckly
much
fair
somewhere
approaching
essentially
around
basically
fundamentally
nearing
effectively
effectually
guesstimate
implicitly
all but
more or less
well-nigh
next to
just about
close to
as good as
in effect
pretty much
nigh on
bordering on
verging on
in essence
pretty well
for all practical purposes
not far from
plus-minus
pretty nearly
not quite
in practical terms
well nigh
to all intents and purposes
in all but name
as near as dammit
for all intents and purposes
in substance
something like
in the ballpark
in the neighborhood
within an inch of
upwards of
give or take a little
not absolutely
in the vicinity of
circa
some
plus or minus
not far off
in the neighborhood of
actually
say
close on
substantially
intrinsically
inherently
like
on the edge of
on the point of
on the verge of
in the region of
on the brink of
at heart
close upon
principally
primarily
really
bordering
materially
chiefly
pretty near
generally
loosely
of the order of
give or take a few
kind of
in the main
near enough
simply
veritably
plain
vaguely
relatively
verging
roundly
nearabout
round
pushing
in all important respects
about to
near to
round about
give or take
sort of
in a manner of speaking
very nearly
potentially
as much as
almost entirely
almost completely
or thereabouts
or so
in the neighbourhood of
in general
getting on for
there or thereabouts
for the greatest part
within a little
close but no cigar
within sight of
thereabouts
in the area of
in the ball park
in the ballpark of
in fact
nominally
for practical purposes
in reality
in actual fact
in truth
if truth be told
in sooth
in actuality
in practice
predominantly
on average
very close
ballpark figure
elementally
firstly
impendingly
operatively
imminently
first and foremost
at the end of the day
above all
au fond
first of all
when all is said and done
when you get right down to it
most of all
at bottom
actively
operationally
bindingly
centrally
determinately
characteristically
truly
factually
naturally
intimately
originally
significantly
technically speaking
“We do not actually attempt to get, say, a 10 percent real rate of return on the investment in our roading system.”
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