Almost and Not fully

Almost

Almost adverb - Very close to but not completely.

Not fully and almost are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Not fully" instead an adverb "Almost".

Not fully

Definitions of Almost not found.

Almost and not fully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Almost" instead an adverb phrase "Not fully".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Compare this to Britain, which had the Beeching Axe in the 1960s that cut the network in half almost overnight and has not fully recovered since in terms of rail travel.
  • Being not fully of faerie means being able to survive even an iron arrow wound - a revelation so surprising that the faerie court, believing their prince to be beyond all help, almost lets him die of fever.
    Source: Cold Iron
  • While not fully aware of Husk's schemes, she still helps him to plot against the king out of personal ambition, and almost gets an entire nursery full of infants murdered and gets away with a little jail time.
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