Hyphenation of nearly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word nearly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

near-ly

Definitions of nearly:

1.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished
All but The job is (just) about done The baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded We're almost finished The car all but ran her down He nearly fainted Talked for nigh onto 2 hours The recording is well-nigh perfect Virtually all the parties signed the contract I was near exhausted by the run Most everyone agrees
2.
In a close manner
The two phenomena are intimately connected The person most nearly concerned

Synonyms of nearly:

adv about, just about, almost, most, all but, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh
adv closely, intimately

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