Nearly
Nearly adverb - To a close degree.
These days and nearly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "These days" instead an adverb "Nearly".
Nearby Word: near
These days
Nearly and these days are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nearly" instead an adverb phrase "These days".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The guys are all amazed at the protagonist's ability to drink nearly anyone under the table, causing her to retort that it's hardly her fault men are such lightweights these days.
Source: Visual Novel / Office Secrets - Their music can sound like a Cliché Storm these days, but one has to consider that they themselves invented nearly all of those clichés.
Source: Seinfeld Is Unfunny / Music - Some of the old fostering villages take orphans for the government these days, but not nearly enough.
Source: Social Services Does Not Exist
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These days and Nearly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/nearly/these_days
Nearly & These days. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/nearly/these_days>.
These days or Nearly. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/nearly/these_days.
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