How to pronounce nearly
Listen to nearly in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“nearly” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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nearly £16 of as nearly £16 of as nearly £16 of methamphetam as nearly £16 of
Dept of Justice · watch from 4:59 · hear it here
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members look nearly the same or have nearly the same names.
UK Parliament · watch from 8:04 · hear it here
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nearly 500,000 employees.
Census Bureau · watch from 26:05 · hear it here
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trajectories are nearly identical.
Federal Reserve · watch from 9:30 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of nearly. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.