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Discover LudwigThe phrase "nearly large" is not correct in written English.
Instead, you could use the phrase "nearly as large" or "almost large". For example: "The box was nearly as large as the one from last year."
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But the spending is not nearly large enough to solve the crisis, economists at Commerzbank said.
At less than 700 square feet, it's not nearly large enough for a connoisseur of knickknacks.
The current storm, which started Thursday morning, is not nearly large enough to cause that much trouble.
But the study, which was released today, said although American efforts had been effective, the financing had not been nearly large enough to deal with the problem.
The other side of the living room connects to a stately dining room with a fireplace nearly large enough to walk into.
My freezer isn't nearly large enough for 19 pounds of fish, and I will not get home for a few more weeks anyway.
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Congo is nearly as large as Europe.
The minority vote isn't nearly as large there.
An elephant has ears nearly as large as its body.
With a needle nearly as large as himself, he is sewing the cleft together.
At 12,000km across, the planet is nearly as large and has 80% of Earth's mass.
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