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pretnear 

Pretty near, close, almost like.
It's pretnear time to leave.
I pretnear burned supper tonight.
pretnear by Jalema May 6, 2012
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prit' near 

shortened to mean "pretty near" or "almost". Primarily heard in Prince Edward County.
"It was prit ' near six o'clock by the time I got home from work Friday"

"I was driving late one night, I saw an animal, swerved and prit' near put 'er in the rhubarb"
prit' near by yo_yo_I_lovethecounty November 18, 2009
Almost. A contraction of the word "pretty near". This is commonly used in Western PA.
"What time is it?"
"It's pritner 10:30"

pritneer 

another word for 'almost'. a bastardization of 'pretty near' used mostly in maine.
we cut pritneer 2 cords of wood today.
pritneer by dave December 4, 2003

prittnear 

Slang for 'pretty near'
Upper Ottawa Valley english dialect
"Hey der, Butch, I prittnear put the chev in der ditch the other day.
prittnear by Ladyasteria February 28, 2009

Pretnear 

It's pretnear time to leave
Pretnear by Danbob September 10, 2018