Definition of "almost" []

• Slightly short of; not quite; nearly: almost time to go; was almost asleep; had almost finished. See Usage Note at none. (adverb)

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• "Thanks Aria - the chard is almost too lovely to eat..almost;"
• "She almost -- not really, but _almost_ -- wished she had gone home with her mother."
• "They might come and ask him questions, and he might even admit almost all -- _almost_ all, and they could do nothing, for no one had seen what he had done to Toni in the wood."