Half and Nearly

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Half adverb - In any way or respect.

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Nearly and half are semantically related. in almost topic. In some cases you can use "Nearly" instead an adverb "Half".

Nearby Word: halve

Nearly adverb - To a close degree.

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Half and nearly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Half" instead an adverb "Nearly".

Nearby Word: near

By the end of the three-part series, he has taken over the Metropolis mob, almost blown up half the city, and nearly killed both Luthor and Superman.

Source: Western Animation / Superman: The Animated Series
In Part 1, Dio Brando pretty much ignores the fact that he's been vertically sliced in half for nearly a whole chapter.

Source: Major Injury Underreaction
Why, that's almost nearly sort of kind of barely a little bit about half as bad as the murderers and despots we normally work for!

Source: Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil

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