English-Dutch translations for nearly

• bijna
  Nu is dit percentage bijna 30 %. Today, the figure is nearly 30 %.
  Bijna zes miljoen mensen zijn overleden. Nearly six million people have died.
  Ik ben bijna klaar, mijnheer de Voorzitter. I have nearly finished, Mr President.
• bijkans
• haast
  Enerzijds lijkt haast elke maatregel wettig als het gaat om budgettaire consolidatie door terugdringing van de uitgaven. On the one hand, nearly any measure seems legal when it comes to fiscal consolidation by cutting expenditure.
  Mensen laten of doen opereren na tientallen uren haast onafgebroken dienst is spelen met mensenlevens. Allowing or forcing people to operate after dozens of hours of nearly uninterrupted work is playing with people's lives.
  Ik vind het haast ongelofelijk dat het na bijna drie weken nog steeds onmogelijk is om opheldering te geven over de beschuldigingen tegen de twaalf Britten, laat staan die te horen. I find it difficult to believe that after nearly three weeks it has been impossible to clarify, let alone hear, the charges against the 12 Britons.
• schier

Definition of nearly

• With great scrutiny; carefully.
• With close relation; intimately.
• Closely, in close proximity.
• In close approximation; almost, virtually.
• Stingily

Examples

• He left a nearly full beer on the bar
• I nearly didnt go to work yesterday

Related words

• linearly
• bilinearly
• curvilinearly
• nearly every day
• nearly ill
• nearly sick
• linearly dependent
• linearly independent
• linearly ordered set