quasi

Adv

almost, nearly

Adj

almost

Conj

as if

Hyphenated as

quà‧si

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkwa.zi/

Etymology

From Latin quasi. The final -i seems to hint towards the word being borrowed or semi-learned, but it's not uncommon for Italian to shift final -e to -i in invariable words (cf. avanti, dieci, tardi, etc.).

Concepts

almost

nearly

practically

about

hardly

all but

virtually

well-nigh

more or less

scarcely

next to

nigh

perhaps

quasi

roughly

scarce

some

up to

not quite

as near as makes no difference

coming on

almost

approximately

barely

close to

false

intimately

just

maybe

most

near

Synonyms

pressoché

praticamente

circa

appena

come

approssimativamente

malapena

ormai

potenzialmente

pressappoco

per così dire

mica

oramai

presso che

per poco

presocché

falso

quasi del tutto

difficilmente

all’incirca

quaci

pseudo

non

🚫

vicino a

a occhio e croce

per poco non

grosso modo

Sentences

Furono le prime Olimpiadi svoltesi quasi interamente in settembre .

They were the first Olympics held almost entirely in September.

Questi organismi sono quasi esclusivamente autotrofi .

These organisms are almost exclusively autotrophic.