The nearliness of the project's completion gave everyone hope, even though a few critical steps remained.

She inspected the ledger nearly, catching errors the auditors had overlooked.

The story focused on a group of nearly men who struggled to find their place in a changing world.

After years of close calls, he came to be known around the office as a nearly man, admired for his potential but never able to seize the success he deserved.

My grandfather always used to say nearly never bulled a cow whenever we tried to cut corners.