Meanings of nearly contemporary in English

His death and that of the Charter were nearly contemporary.

Michael Scot of Balwirie in the county of Fife, was nearly contemporary with bishop Grossetête.

American literature is too nearly contemporary.

But something of his originality appeared in the work of a much humbler practitioner, contemporary or very nearly contemporary with him.

He was nearly contemporary with Confucius, although the Buddhistic doctrines were not introduced into China until about two hundred years before the Christian era.

Strabo ( nearly contemporary) also says, that the dogs bred in Britain were highly esteemed upon the continent, on account of their excellent qualities for hunting.

73), is another nearly contemporary poem of the same author (xi.)

Nearly contemporary with the labours of Hercules is the history of Pasiphae and the Minotaur; and this brings us again within the sphere of magic.