Hyphenation of nearly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word nearly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

near-ly

Definitions of nearly:

1.	(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished All but The job is (just) about done The baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded We're almost finished The car all but ran her down He nearly fainted Talked for nigh onto 2 hours The recording is well-nigh perfect Virtually all the parties signed the contract I was near exhausted by the run Most everyone agrees
2.	In a close manner The two phenomena are intimately connected The person most nearly concerned

Synonyms of nearly:

adv	about, just about, almost, most, all but, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh
adv	closely, intimately

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.