Austen Said:

the Crofts are going to Bath almost immediately; they think the Admiral gouty.

on the strength of his present income, with almost a certainty of something more permanent long before the term in question, the two families had consented to the young people's wishes,

Some one was talking there in a very loud accent; he did not know the voice —more than talking— almost hallooing.

the necessity of making his own wife and sister-in-law acquainted with the business without delay; though, on Fanny's account, he almost dreaded the effect of the communication to Mrs. Norris as much as Fanny herself. He deprecated her mistaken but well-meaning zeal.