Collocations for nearly - adv.
Nearly is used with these adjectives:
asleep, bald, bankrupt, black, blind, breathless, broke, circular, clean, closed, complete, constant, contemporary, dark, dead, deaf, devoid, dry, empty, endless, equal, exhaustive, extinct, fatal, flat, foolproof, full, hysterical, ideal, identical, impassable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impossible, inaudible, incomprehensible, indestructible, inedible, infinite, insane, inseparable, instantaneous, insurmountable, intact, invincible, invisible, level, lifeless, naked, non-existent, nude, obsolete, opaque, overhead, parallel, perfect, perpendicular, ready, right, ripe, same, silent, solid, square, straight, submerged, suicidal, symmetrical, transparent, unable, unanimous, unbearable, unbeatable, unchanged, universal, unlimited, unthinkable, useless, worthless
asleep, bald, bankrupt, black, blind, breathless, broke, circular, clean, closed, complete, constant, contemporary, dark, dead, deaf, devoid, dry, empty, endless, equal, exhaustive, extinct, fatal, flat, foolproof, full, hysterical, ideal, identical, impassable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impossible, inaudible, incomprehensible, indestructible, inedible, infinite, insane, inseparable, instantaneous, insurmountable, intact, invincible, invisible, level, lifeless, naked, non-existent, nude, obsolete, opaque, overhead, parallel, perfect, perpendicular, ready, right, ripe, same, silent, solid, square, straight, submerged, suicidal, symmetrical, transparent, unable, unanimous, unbearable, unbeatable, unchanged, universal, unlimited, unthinkable, useless, worthless
Nearly is used with these verbs:
blind, bump, burst, choke, collapse, collide, crush, cry, destroy, die, disappear, double, drop, eliminate, exhaust, explode, faint, fall, finish, forget, halve, hit, jump, kill, leap, match, miss, overcome, overwhelm, paralyse, reach, ruin, score, shout, shriek, sink, strangle, stumble, succeed, tear, touch, trample, treble, trip, triple, vanish, weep, win, wipe, wreck
blind, bump, burst, choke, collapse, collide, crush, cry, destroy, die, disappear, double, drop, eliminate, exhaust, explode, faint, fall, finish, forget, halve, hit, jump, kill, leap, match, miss, overcome, overwhelm, paralyse, reach, ruin, score, shout, shriek, sink, strangle, stumble, succeed, tear, touch, trample, treble, trip, triple, vanish, weep, win, wipe, wreck