almost

Reading level: easy

Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adverb (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.

"I am almost," he said. — The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English, Unknown
The Antareans were almost bewildered. — This star shall be free, Murray Leinster
They seem almost like little birds. — The Insect Folk, Morley, Margaret Warner

about, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh

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