not nearly

phrase

: much less than : not at all

There's not nearly enough flour for a cake here.

It's not nearly as late as I thought it was.

Examples of not nearly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new points system that puts an emphasis on season performance means the postseason is not nearly as volatile. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Cardiff had their problems under Malaysian businessman Tan but not nearly as many as Wednesday, whom Storch had been advised to monitor 12 months before his eventual takeover. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

That’s down from more than 100 transits a day before the war and not nearly enough to carry the 9 million barrels per day through the strait that Wright claims has been traveling through the waterway. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

As even the most ardent fans of the stage production might tell you, the second act is not nearly as magical as the first. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for not nearly

• austerely
• severely
• sincerely
• cavalierly
• clearly
• dearly
• merely
• queerly
• yearly