Definitions
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- prefix
nearly ,almost
Etymologies
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From Latin paene ("nearly, almost")
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Examples
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On 2 November, an exhibition of my mother Sylvia Plath's pen- and-ink drawings opens at the Mayor Gallery in Cork Street in London.
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The geophysicist Joseph D. Sides adds, “Writers should be advised that epi- no more intensifies the meaning of center than does pen- intensify the meaning of ultimate.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The geophysicist Joseph D. Sides adds, “Writers should be advised that epi- no more intensifies the meaning of center than does pen- intensify the meaning of ultimate.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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