Crossword puzzle clue "in effect almost"

"A literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything": Huxley

Stones "I can almost hear you ___, I can almost hear you cry"

Linguistic term for a word that's almost the same as another word, like "affect" and "effect"

In effect, almost

Effect, or effect's partner

Side effect or ride effect?

Boy's name that's almost always first alphabetically

Doubleday who almost certainly didn't invent baseball