[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

almost \al"most\ addl"m=ost, adv. as. ealmaest,
   aelmaest, quite the most, almost all; eal oe. al all +
   m?st most.
   nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
   1913 webster

         almost thou persuadest me to be a christian. --acts
                                                  xxvi. 28.
   1913 webster

   almost never, hardly ever; scarcely ever.

   almost nothing, scarcely anything.
      1913 webster
see also:
almost never almost nothing 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

almost
     adv : of actions or states slightly short of or not quite
           accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for
           `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for
           `almost'; "the job is just about done"; "the baby was
           almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost
           finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly
           fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the
           recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the
           parties signed the contract"; "i was near exhausted by
           the run"; "most everyone agrees" syn: about, just
           about, most, all but, nearly, near, nigh, virtually,
            well-nigh
see also:
about just about most all but nearly near 
nigh virtually well-nigh 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 moby thesaurus words for "almost":
   about, all but, approximately, as good as, as much as, barely,
   bordering on, close, closely, essentially, hardly, in effect,
   just about, most, much, near, nearabout, nearly, nigh, nighhand,
   not quite, practically, pretty near, scarcely, verging on,
   virtually, well-nigh

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