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The phrase "almost vertical" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an angle or position that is very close to being vertical but not quite there.
Example: "The tower leaned slightly, making it appear almost vertical against the skyline."
Alternatives: "nearly vertical" or "close to vertical".
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They're almost vertical.
Steep, almost vertical stairs.
Chris Froome bursts up the almost vertical street, and Contador can't live with him!
Some of the streets seem almost vertical, so steep they make walking difficult.
The learning curve has been so steep that it has often seemed almost vertical.
And they got to the end and they went whoosh, it was almost vertical.
The first work here tilts the landscape until it's almost vertical.
The steepest, almost vertical slopes were made with wire baskets, stuffed with horticultural soil.
"We went to the exit, and the boat was almost vertical in the water".
Constructed on almost vertical mountainsides -- here at an 80 degree angle -- the fence is an engineering feat.
On Wednesday, at Central Park SummerStage, his arcs were almost vertical: Eiffel Tower gradations rather than gentle bell curves.
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