prope, paene (almost, but not quite): fere, ferme (with omnes, etc.: prope, paene make a positive assertion; fere, ferme, decline doing this; it being either enough for the speaker’s purpose, or all that his knowledge allows him to do, to state that the assertion is, at least, approximately or generally true): tantum non (μόνον οὐ, ὀλίγου δεῖ: an elliptical form used by Livy and later writers = “only this is wanting, that not,” etc.): propemodum (what is not far removed from the right measure; “almost what it should be”): When nearly = “within a little,” it may be translated by haud multum or non longe abfuit, quin, etc. (not ut); prope erat or factum est, ut, etc.; propius nihil factum est, quam ut, etc.: the left wing was nearly defeated, prope erat, ut sinistrum cornu pelleretur.