Nearly in a sentence

I don’t know much of British life yet, for I have spent nearly all my time in the States and in Canada.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly an inch across.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

So far as the case of the hound goes, however, I will give you the course of events as nearly as I can, and you will suggest anything which I may have forgotten.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It was nearly nine o’clock when I found myself in the sitting-room once more.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I sat up with Sir Henry in his rooms until nearly three o’clock in the morning, but no sound of any sort did we hear except the chiming clock upon the stairs.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

MORE TO FOLLOW

---

---

Usage

5 uses of ‘nearly’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle

---