feckly

adverb

ˈfek-lē How to pronounce feckly (audio)
Definition of fecklynext
chiefly Scottish
as in almost
very close to but not completely an Edinburgh hotel that is feckly new

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feckly
  1. almost
  2. practically
  3. nearly
  4. about
Adverb
  • Dominguez has been funded almost entirely by the teachers union.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Recorded live in a Norwegian church with the British organist Kit Downes, the album consists almost entirely of pipe organ and Sundfør’s steadfast, saintly voice.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of almost
Adverb
  • Yet the 103-win Milwaukee Brewers and 98-win Tampa Bay Rays were the best teams in their respective leagues practically all season.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, were practically inseparable in their final years.
    — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of practically
Adverb
  • SpaceX shares jumped nearly 8% on Wednesday, their best single-session performance since August.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In a Channel 12 survey of first-time Jewish voters, nearly three-quarters identified as right-wing or center-right.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of nearly
Adverb
  • Baltzor and her husband Keith, had just finished riding a bunch of about 150 hundred head of their cattle down Highway 205 on horseback from another pasture.
    — Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Thanks to a demolition crew’s early Saturday morning implosion, an 18-story office tower that has hung over Clairmont Road in Chamblee for about five decades has been reduced to rubble.
    — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of about
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