The phrase "almost a figure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is nearly or resembles a figure, often in a metaphorical or descriptive context.
Example: "In the dim light, she appeared almost a figure of mystery, her features obscured by shadows."
Alternatives: "nearly a figure" or "close to a figure".
Scorsese's protagonist, brilliantly played by Robert De Niro, is the archetypal alienated man - almost a figure out of Dostoevsky.
This year has also seen the republication of her book about her life with Ian, written in part as a sort of two fingers to all the gossipmongers who tittle-tattled about their "marital problems", to all the people who thought they knew Ian through his music, and to whom Deborah had become almost a figure of resentment.
Di Matteo also had to cope with the poor form of his £50m striker Fernando Torres, a purchase most observers accept was a vanity buy by Abramovich himself when Carlo Ancelotti (almost a figure from Chelsea's dim and distant managerial past these days) was in charge.
It appears that there is almost a figure resting underneath the wall.
It is about $4 million, according to Anderson, not almost $1 billion, a figure that confused Anderson's personal wealth and the value of Gold & Appel, a fund he manages.
That won't stop activists missing a chance to talk about their rising membership numbers, now standing at almost 27,000, a figure up 87% since January of this year.
But she is also a practicing Buddhist, and she presents Cage almost as a figure in a parable.
I can almost see a figure of something otherworldly – a kind of mythical monster or spirit god – emerge from the smoky formation.
He seemed almost a peripheral figure in the proceedings.
"He was almost a political figure, a representation of change, of democracy," she recalls.
Jones seemed almost a forgotten figure in her own lawsuit, replaced by Monica Lewinsky, Kathleen Willey, and others.
