Dictionary entry

Almost

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Al″most (a̤l″mōst), adv. [AS. ealmæst, ælmæst, quite the most, almost all; eal (OE. al) all + m�st most.] Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

Acts xxvi. 28.

Almost never, scarcely ever. — Almost nothing, scarcely anything.