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Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…

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Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

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With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.

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In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.

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Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.

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Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all.

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At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

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In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.

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Not distant or remote in place or time; near.

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In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.

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Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or nu…

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In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.

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Almost; nearly.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.