not nearly

idiom

: 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.

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not much to look at

not nearly

not necessarily

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“Not nearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20nearly. Accessed 30 Nov. 2022.

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