Close to
Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
Not actually and close to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Not actually" instead an adverb phrase "Close to".
Not actually
Close to and not actually are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead an adverb phrase "Not actually".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- nearly and close to
- nearly and not actually
- almost and close to
- almost and not actually
- practically and close to
- practically and not actually
- near and close to
- near and not actually
- around and close to
- around and not actually
- next to and close to
- next to and not actually
- basically and close to
- basically and not actually
Both terms in one sentence
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Meaning the D fae are still somewhere on the ambivalence spectrum regarding humanity (pretty close to the "efface" point, but not actually locked there).
Source: Gaia's Vengeance - Not only does this story feel like a Harry Potter book, but it stuck so close to the Word of God that I had to remind myself after reading that this is not actually canon.
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While not actually a death, Zoro definitely tried to invoke this, and came damn near close to dying, when he let Kuma transfer all of the pain and fatigue Luffy suffered during his fights on Thriller Bark to him.
Source: Died Standing Up
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