nearabout
adverb
variants or less commonly nearabouts
¦⸗⸗¦⸗
chiefly South & Midland
: nearly, almost
Word History
Etymology
nearabout from near entry 2 + about; nearabouts from near entry 2 + about + -s
- noncontrollable
- noncontrolled
- noncontrolling
- noncontrolling interest
- noncontroversial
- nonconventional
- nonconvertible
- noncooperation
- noncooperationist
- noncooperationists
- noncooperations
- noncooperative
- noncooperator
- noncooperators
- noncoplanar
- noncore
- nonsacred
- nonsalable
- nonsaline
- nonsapiens
- nonsaponifiable
- nonscheduled
- nonschizophrenic
- nonschool
- nonscience