nearly Copy link Outline I. Within a little.1. prŏpĕ2. fĕrĕ, fermē (pretty nearly; near about)3. paenĕII. Closely; with ref. to kindred • nearly: I. Within a little.: 1. prŏpĕ: n. ninety years old, p. annos nonaginta natus, Cic. Verr. 3, 25, 62: n. done to death, p. funeratus, Hor. Od. 3, 8, 7. Also sometimes, propemodo, propemodum: when he had advanced n. up to the walls, quum propemodo muris accessit, Liv. 24, 20, med.: Cic. (propemodum). 2. fĕrĕ, fermē (pretty nearly; near about): serving to qualify the exactness of an expr.): v. about (B., II.). 3. paenĕ: v. almost. To signify that something had nearly happened, use haud multum abfuit quin; nihil propius factum est, quam ut: v. narrowly. II. Closely; with ref. to kindred: v. foll. art.