Almost and Truly

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Almost adverb - Very close to but not completely.

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Truly and almost are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Truly" instead an adverb "Almost".

Truly adverb - In actual fact.

Usage example: this is truly the nicest thing anyone has done for me

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Almost and truly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Almost" instead an adverb "Truly".

Nearby Word: truism

Something can be truly unique, really unique, nearly unique, nigh-unto unique, but it can never be very or quitenote In the American sense of "quite", meaning "very." To the British, "quite" means almost.

Source: Rouge Angles of Satin
However, this guy truly is almost dead - as in, clinically he displays the symptoms of a person mortally wounded: extremely low respiratory rate, pale complexion and so on.

Source: Almost Dead Guy
A main theme of Steven Universe, according to its creators, is that almost nobody is truly good or truly evil.

Source: Grey and Gray Morality aka: Gray And Grey Morality

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