> Dear Folks,
>
> I need an ace to help me clarify the meaning of the following sentence.
> <From
> Time, pp8/15-8/22, 2005>
>
> "Percival survived his ignominy to witness, hardly less allegorically, the
> final surrender of Japan on American battleship...."
>
> I can't figure out what "hardly less allegorically" means. Is it close to
> "nearly not allegorically"
No.
> or "nearly allegorically"?
Yes, it's quite frequent "almost as", "nearly as ... as", "not far
from", "very close to".
Quite frequent but usually cheap style, well, it depends on where you
find the expression, in a pathetic war novel or in "local news at walmart" ;-)
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