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Discover LudwigThe phrase "nearly opposite" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means almost completely different or contrary. Example: Their political views were nearly opposite, with one being a staunch conservative and the other a liberal activist.
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In fact, they followed nearly opposite paths.
They have very different natures, nearly opposite.
Another airfield was built at Bushire, nearly opposite Kharg.
Here, the brand represents a nearly opposite ideal.
In the camp of the victor, a very nearly opposite shift in opinion was under way.
There's another, nearly opposite explanation: casual sex isn't the norm now, and wasn't before.
Master bedding surfaces of compound dunes dip in a nearly opposite direction to those of point-bar succession.
A second came to a nearly opposite conclusion — that current average sodium intake is okay for cardiovascular health while getting too little or too much is a problem.
The Panch Mahal. This curious five-storied pavilion [*ANU: views of the Panch Mahal*] is nearly opposite to the Dîwan-i-âm.
Writer suggests that the bill was neither a conservative or liberal measure--but it was soon opposed by a range of groups having nearly opposite social purposes.
Kevin Powers's "Yellow Birds" arrives at some of these same conclusions but takes a nearly opposite tack to get there: its tone is somber, poetic and elegiac.
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