We very 'nearly' missed the plane. [=we came very close to missing the plane]
There's 'not nearly' enough flour for a cake here.
It's 'not nearly' as late as I thought it was.
(..) - Blue flower, red thorns. - Hold on, Shrek! I'm comin'! Ow! Not good. -Okay. Okay, I can nearly see the head. - - It'sjust about-- - Ow! Ohh! . Nothing happened. (..)2001 Shrek