Answer and Close

Answer

Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Close and answer are semantically related. in reply topic. In some cases you can use "Close" instead a noun "Answer".

Close noun - An open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls).

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Answer and close are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a noun "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

best	best answer	best close
exact	exact answer	exact close
short	short answer	short close
direct	direct answer	direct close
Other adjectives: perfect, proper, powerful, actual, real, big, satisfying, wrong, quick, final, last, different, literal, soviet.

The three-answer questions can fall into this, by having one answer that's fairly easy to dismiss, and two which are so close together it has to be a guess.

Source: Unexpectedly Obscure Answer
A variant was used when he came close to giving the correct answer but not close enough.

Source: Once More With Volume
He doesn't come close to the answer to any mystery during the chapter where he's significant, but always claims to have "suspected all along" any actual facts Mario discovers.

Source: Clueless Detective

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