Almost
Almost adverb - Very close to but not completely.
On the brink of and almost are semantically related. in nearly topic. In some cases you can use "On the brink of" instead an adverb "Almost".
On the brink of
Almost and on the brink of are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Almost" instead an adverb phrase "On the brink of".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- most and almost
- most and on the brink of
- nearly and almost
- nearly and on the brink of
- practically and almost
- practically and on the brink of
- about and almost
- about and on the brink of
- all but and almost
- all but and on the brink of
- near and almost
- near and on the brink of
- not quite and almost
- not quite and on the brink of
Both terms in one sentence
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Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Elsa almost does this when she nearly kills the Duke's men, but Hans points out that she's on the brink of becoming the monster that a few xenophobes have accused her of being.
Source: Disney / Frozen -
In four years, despite constantly being stated to be on the brink of war, almost nothing of note has happened to the four Empires.
Source: Video Game / EVE Online -
One episode of Dragon Ball Z Abridged has Vegeta tell Krillin to almost kill him (since Saiyans get stronger on the brink of death) so that he can fight more evenly with Freiza.
Source: Exact Words
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