Neáhlíce

According to the Old English Dictionary:

neáhlíce

Add: I. nearly, almost :-- Wearð án cnapa þurh nǽddran geslit neálíce ádýd, Hml. S. 31, 951. II. nearly, closely :-- Hí þeódað hí neálícor and fæstlícor tó þǽre rihtwísnesse justitiae vicinius atque arctius inhaerebunt, Gr. D. 336, 23. III. hardly :-- Se hróf wæs on mislicre heánesse; on sumre stówe hé wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce (cf. earfoðlíce, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, neahlice,-neahlice