pretty nearly

“This is pretty nearly a political miracle to negotiate with a caucus that is as diverse as we have, from Bernie to Manchin,” said Senator Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii.

The art of teaching is “pretty nearly as extinct as the art of making stained glass,” he told the Times.

“I don't think he ever realized we did it on purpose, even though it happened at pretty nearly every dinnertime for years.”

“Whatever Andy Johnson was called — and that was pretty nearly everything — ‘hypocrite’ was not one of his names,” one New York newspaper wrote.

Even in the universe remade by Donald Trump, the prospect of going from there to the Democratic nomination is pretty nearly nonexistent.