almost

/ˈɔlˌmoʊst/, /ɔlˈmoʊst/ adv [not gradable]

Definition

› nearly but not quite: It’ll cost almost as much to repair your computer as to buy a new one. We were bitten by mosquitoes almost every night.

(Definition of almost adv from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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