Nearly vs Often - What's the difference?
nearly | often |
*1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.1:
*:And whosoever hath traced mee and nearely looked into my humours, Ile loose a good wager if hee confesse not that there is no rule in their schoole, could, a midde such crooked pathes and divers windings, square and report this naturall motion, and maintaine an apparance of liberty and licence so equall and inflexible […].
With close relation; intimately.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
* 1837 , The Dublin University Magazine
* 1847 , (Herman Melville), (Omoo)
Closely, in close proximity.
*c. 1606 , (William Shakespeare), Macbeth , First Folio 1623, IV.2:
*:I doubt some danger do's approach you neerely .
In close approximation; almost, virtually.
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Frequently, many times.
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As adverbs the difference between nearly and often
is that nearly is while often is frequently, many times.nearly
English
Adverb
(en-adv)- Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already.
- She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.
- [H]e was also accounted a man of wealth, and was nearly related to a high chief.
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Synonyms
* almost, nigh, well-nigh, near, close to, next to, practically, virtuallyoften
English
Adverb
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