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Almost, nearly, as in I've all but finished the book. This expression was used by Andrew Marvell in “Thoughts in a Garden”: “Society is all but rude, To this delicious solitude.” [Late 1500s]

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Words nearby all but

all at sea, alla vostra salute, allay, all better, All Blacks, all but, all clear, all cylinders, all-day, all-dayer, all-dressed
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Words related to all but

essentially, morally, approximately, virtually, nearly, basically, very, almost, exceedingly, much, too, remarkably, roughly, practically, around, most, about, relatively, well-nigh, nigh

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