almost
/ˈɔːlməʊst/ adverbDefinition
› If something almost happens, it does not happen but it is very close to happening: I almost missed the bus.
almost always/everyone/half, etc › not always/everyone/half, etc but very close to it: He's almost always late. Almost everyone I know likes chocolate.
(Definition of almost adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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