pretty near

adverb, almost

“He volunteered to paint the white board fence, but he had pretty near as much paint on him as the fence.”

“Actually he’s busy pretty near all the time.”

“They were beautiful trees. Well of course the Dutch Elm Disease hit, and we lost pretty near everything.”

“Now pretty near every place works 12-hour shifts.”

“Pretty near every week you went to get your cheque for the cream from the creamery anyways, so you didn’t have far to go to get the meat you had in there either.”

“Now pretty near every place works 12-hour shifts.”

“That was pretty near down at the Foot.”

“They pretty near went every day, and anybody was pretty well welcome to ride with them over and back if they wanted to go, but if you’re riding with somebody else, you go when they want and come back when they come.”

“He looked in my van, pretty near got in it. I suppose he’s trying to see if I was drinking or something. I don’t know.”