Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Almost \Al"most\, adv. [AS. ealm[ae]st, [ae]lm[ae]st, quite the
   most, almost all; eal (OE. al) all + m?st most.]
   Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

         Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. --Acts
                                                  xxvi. 28.

   {Almost never}, scarcely ever.

   {Almost nothing}, scarcely anything.