Nearly and Rather

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Nearly

Nearly adverb - To a close degree.
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Rather and nearly are semantically related. in amount topic. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Nearly".
Nearby Word: near

Rather

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
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Nearly and rather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nearly" instead an adverb "Rather".

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  • Admittedly, most of L&O tends to focus on the cases, rather than the characters, but nearly any time part of a character's backstory is revealed, it's something really bad.
    Source: Dysfunction Junction / Live-Action TV
  • This Loser Is You He's somewhat flawed, but he's not nearly as screwed-up as Ethan is, and he's probably closer to what the author thinks gamers really are rather than a Flanderization thereof.
    Source: This Loser Is You
  • Unholy Matrimony Spike's later relationship with Harmony counts as this as well, though it rather notably doesn't work quite so well and doesn't last nearly so long, for more than one reason.
    Source: Unholy Matrimony
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