The phrase "almost as swift" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare the speed of two subjects, indicating that one is nearly as fast as the other.
Example: "The cheetah is almost as swift as the peregrine falcon when it comes to short bursts of speed."
Alternatives: "nearly as fast" or "close to being swift".
When it came, the assault on earnings was almost as swift as the weasel's strike.
CARACAS, Venezuela — Dwight Sagaray's rise in the Venezuelan foreign service was almost as swift as his downfall.
Once outside, cannas that have never lost their leaves will start blooming earlier than those that were kept dormant, but dormant ones will be almost as swift if you start them back into growth indoors in March.
Though Cosentino isn't as flashy as Lady Gaga, her claim to the mantle of indie rock "It Girl" was almost as swift as Gaga's own ascent.
The interface was quite snappy — it was almost exactly as swift as the emulated software on any PC — and it looks good and tight with lots of nice transitions et al. Let's say this is the emulator made flesh and leave it at that — the jury is still out.
Still, almost as dramatic as the swift downfall of an elected president is the rehabilitation of the military in the eyes of Egyptians.
The hourly flow of notes between them, as swift as e-mails, says Ms Gordon, allows us almost to hear them talking: playful, loving, sometimes voluptuous, sometimes quarrelsome, but always intelligent, articulate and strikingly modern.
But not as swift as the epidemic, which has claimed at least 193 lives, almost all in the past month.
Green Compared to Coffey If Alex Ovechkin is the Capitals' Wayne Gretzky, then Mike Green could become their Paul Coffey, the dynamic, swift-skating defenseman who worries the rest of the league almost as much.
But for Ms. Swift, who has generally kept her circle of collaborators tight and done just fine with that, it was almost as unlikely as her working with Vybz Kartel or Gucci Mane.
Many European Union leaders were swift to praise the Kremlin for meeting the conditions it agreed with France's Nicolas Sarkozy some six weeks ago and almost as quick to suggest a return to business as usual.
