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quasi

almost

adverb kah-ZEE Rare
Grammar & Structure Adverbs

Also means

nearly

Usage Note

Quasi is a slightly formal or literary equivalent of presque (almost). It appears frequently in legal and technical writing — quasi-contrat, quasi-certitude — where it is joined to a following noun with a hyphen. In everyday speech, presque is more common.

Examples

"C'est quasi impossible à éviter."

Natural Translation

It's almost impossible to avoid.

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