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Grammar : Adv
Spell : awl-mohst, awl-mohst
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔl moʊst, ɔlˈmoʊst

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Définition of almost

Origin :
  • Old English eallmæst "nearly all, for the most part," literally "mostly all;" see all + most. Modern form from 15c.
  • adv nearly, very nearly
Example sentences :
  • The request, thus aided by flattery, was almost unanimously granted.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Almost every Barbarian at the table had made his own fortune.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • They're really one and a half sizes too small, and almost kill me.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • It was almost impossible to win their confidence, or to get information from them.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • She was almost in; it was only a slight dizziness, yet she could not see the light-house.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • I had almost omitted to add, that he was a ladies' haberdasher.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Weel, man, that's a-year-and-a-half, and you must be almost a man noo.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The resources of this country are almost beyond computation.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • You may be almost the first girl to apply, or you may be among the latest, but not the too latest.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • But now came a tide of other news, and almost all of it was stale stuff to him.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
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