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

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

The comparison between Carrington's and Cunningham's hard fouls is not nearly as clever as the duo think. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Hopkins has been fine and serviceable when playing on the wings this year, but not nearly as productive. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

But those funds — which came on top of the roughly $17 million appropriated by the Legislature for such lawsuits — were not nearly enough to cover the full cost, Bonta said in the report. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for not nearly

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