Just under and Nearly

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Nearly and just under are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Nearly" with "Just under", this terms are similar.

Nearly adverb - To a close degree.

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Just under and nearly are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Just under" with "Nearly", this terms are similar.

Nearby Word: near

Goliath, depending on translation, was either just under seven feet tall or just under nine feet tall and clad in nearly 150 pounds of bronze armor; David was in his late teens and completely unarmored.

Source: David vs. Goliath
It doesn't carry nearly enough fuel— fully loaded, it masses just under 5 metric tons.

Source: Space Plane
In The Killing Star, both humanity and then our alien nemeses get Hoisted: first a race of aliens, whose only apparent purpose in the universe is to cause the deaths of others, nearly destroy mankind by flinging giant rocks at us at just under light-speed.

Source: Hoist By His Own Petard / Literature

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