Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Almost

Almost (al"mōst) , adverb

[Anglo-Saxon ealmast, almast, quite the most, almost all; eal (Old English al) all + mast most.]

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. — Acts xxvi. 28
Collocations (2)
Almost never , hardly ever; scarcely ever.
Almost nothing , scarcely anything.