Almost
Almost adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Both words in one sentence
- Instead of a Hero-Tracking Failure he will get the target cleanly because they almost literally ran into the bullet.
Source: Lead the Target - For the video for Killswitch Engage's "My Curse", almost all the screamed vocals were re-recorded being sung cleanly, which drastically changes the feel of the song.
Source: Changed for the Video -
Lusiphur, the protagonist of Poison Elves, almost never fights cleanly if he can help it.
Source: Combat Pragmatist / Comic Books
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Cleanly and Almost. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/almost/cleanly
Almost & Cleanly. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/almost/cleanly>.
Cleanly or Almost. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/almost/cleanly.
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