The phrase "advanced nearly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe progress or development that has come close to a certain point or level.
Example: "The technology has advanced nearly to the point of being fully autonomous."
Alternatives: "progressed almost" or "developed close to".
Democratic practices advanced nearly everywhere.
This McCarthyism has not advanced nearly so far as the original brand.
For the week, the Nasdaq gained 4.7percentt, and the Dow and the S.& P. each advanced nearly 3.1percentt.
A1 Stock Markets Rally The Dow and the Nasdaq each gained more than 3percentt, and the S.& P. 500 advanced nearly 3percentt.
VIII Corps, in battle for the first time had broken through strongly entrenched German positions and advanced nearly 6 mile.
And he hinted that "that may require a change of the rule" advanced nearly 40 years ago in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education.
ISIS did so last March, advancing nearly to within mortar range of Erbil before the peshmerga regrouped and counterattacked, establishing a front line.
It was then that the Dow successfully retested its June 13 low and since then despite the ongoing conflict in Lebanon and sporadic spikes in the price of oil has trended steadily higher, advancing nearly 5%.
The Confederates encountered heavy artillery fire while advancing nearly three quarters of a mile across open fields to reach the Union line and were slowed by fences in their path.
The state also advanced Waterbury nearly $10 million in state education funding, which provided extra help.
In Britain that tipping point will probably be reached in 2015.Global spending on mobile advertising has advanced rapidly, nearly doubling to $19.3 billion between 2012 and 2013, according to the IAB, an industry group.
