LITERALLY vs ALMOST: NOUN
- N/A
- Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.
LITERALLY vs ALMOST: ADVERB
- (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
- In a literal manner; word for word.
- In a literal or strict sense.
- Really; actually.
- Used as an intensive before a figurative expression.
- According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively.
- With close adherence to words; word by word.
- Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor
- Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)
- Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
- In a literal sense
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'
- Slightly short of; not quite; nearly.
- Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
- Hardly ever; scarcely ever.
- Scarcely anything.
- Very close
- Not quite
LITERALLY vs ALMOST: OTHER WORD TYPES
- In a literal manner or sense; according to the strict import of the word or words; exactly: as, the city was literally destroyed; the narrative is literally true.
- All but
- Very nearly; well-nigh; all but.
- Nearly all; for the most part; mostly.
LITERALLY vs ALMOST: RELATED WORDS
- Verbatim, Indeed, Real, Precisely, Exactly, Utterly, Absolutely, Truly, Almost, Really, Actually, Simply, Basically, Practically, Virtually
- Barely, Hardly, Essentially, Just, Roughly, Practically, All but, Well nigh, Just about, Near, Most, About, Nigh, Virtually, Nearly
LITERALLY vs ALMOST: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Verbatim, Indeed, Real, Precisely, Exactly, Utterly, Absolutely, Truly, Almost, Really, Actually, Simply, Basically, Practically, Virtually
- Half, Basically, Barely, Hardly, Essentially, Just, Roughly, Practically, All but, Just about, Near, Most, Nigh, Virtually, Nearly
LITERALLY vs ALMOST: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- They do literally nothing to earn that money.
- Now you can literally download an extra TV.
- They are not literally reducing your energy expenditure.
- Literally a direct generational peer of Tom Brady.
- You literally hold this audience on your hands.
- Has Israel been preserved as a nation literally?
- We literally could not do this without you.
- You are literally watching paint dry right now.
- Literally everybody has political opinions, you fucking dipshit.
- You literally decide whether to get married, and then you literally decide your wedding date.
- This translation to special cases is almost automatic.
- Almost all rooms at the lodge have balconies.
- Their lifespan is almost invariably measured in decades.
- Canada, so I almost exclusively accept bank transfers.
- Guess what, we are almost at the end!
- They almost took away my portable shaver too.
- Dancing is almost regarded as a national heritage.
- The questionnaire used four responses: almost always true, often true, seldom true, and almost never true.
- See folks, I want you to know almost everybody in America almost does enough to win.
- Because they do control almost all the channels of cultural transmission, that gives them almost unlimited respawns.
LITERALLY vs ALMOST: QUESTIONS
- Are people literally clutching their pearls in shock?
- Can theistic evolution take the creation narrative literally?
- What does the word pontifex maximus literally mean?
- Do you interpret the Bible literally or figuratively?
- Should we take the Bible literally or figuratively?
- Can a pregnancy dream be interpreted more literally?
- Should revelation be interpreted literally or figuratively?
- Should we take Revelation literally or symbolically?
- Is the verifiability principle literally meaningful?
- Is the word'many'literally or literally translated?
- Was Robert Pattinson almost fired from'Twilight'set?
- Did Lorenzo say Ducati MotoGP deal almost happened?
- Why do pilots almost never intentionally crash planes?
- What happens when Makita battery is almost drained?
- Who said Sometimes my genius is almost frightening?
- Did Julia really betray Winston almost immediately?
- Which passenger planes have almost supersonic capabilities?
- Did Darrell Hammond almost relapse into alcoholism?
- Are Almost Skateboards made by Dwindle Distribution?
- What does almost surely and almost certain mean in probability?