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It looks almost ugly.
Thickened with disgust, he becomes almost ugly.
"I found it almost ugly or boring," he recalls.
To Americans, homely has unfortunately come to mean "almost ugly".
Even Miley Cyrus's infamous "twerking" was interesting for its almost ugly sexuality.
She is almost ugly in a scene without makeup … It is her best performance".
She has something almost infantile about her; and in an adult almost ugly.
At first glance, it appears clumsy, almost ugly, but the longer you look, the subtler and more refined it seems.
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