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What is the adverb for nearing?

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nearly
  1. (now rare) With great scrutiny; carefully. [from 16th c.]
  2. With close relation; intimately. [from 16th c.]
  3. Closely, in close proximity. [from 16th c.]
  4. In close approximation; almost, virtually. [from 17th c.]
  5. Stingily.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “At the age of nearly 77, he had lived longer than any of his English or British predecessors.”
      “Gather the material together and align it nearly along the top side of the body.”
      “The round's nearly over. Keep up the momentum!”
near
  1. Having a small intervening distance with regard to something.
  2. (colloquial) nearly
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  4. Examples:
    1. “He would come often and stand near, giving a running commentary on the different stages of the whole process.”
      “Brains holistically synthesize visual sensory stimuli to provide us with a near instant facial recognition of those around us.”
      “It takes near an hour to walk to the bluff, where the sight of the surf raises hairs on the back of my neck.”
nearhand
  1. (now dialectal) Nearly.
  2. (now dialectal) Nearby.
nearby
nearabouts
nearabout
  1. (now chiefly Southern US, Midland US) Near, nearly.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I drove nearabout five hours to reach the remote cabin in the woods.”
nearlier
  1. (archaic) comparative form of nearly: more nearly; more closely.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “What if he neglect the care of his health or of his estate, which things are nearlier related to the government of the magistrate than the other?”
      “In between modern technics, nearlier spoken the wale-bewended modern logistic outlaying of thinking and speaking, has already set oversetting machines in going.”
nearliest
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