[ほとんど, hotondo] (n-adv, n-t) (uk) mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost; (P) #6,700[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Well-nigh \Well"-nigh`\, adv.
Almost; nearly. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
well-nigh
adv 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" [syn: {about}, {almost},
{most}, {nearly}, {near}, {nigh}, {virtually}, {well-
nigh}]
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