Sentence:  A British writer , Richard Haestier , in a book , Dead Men Tell Tales , recalls that in the turmoil preceding French Revolution the body of Henry /4 , , who had died <WSD>nearly</WSD> 180 years earlier , was torn to pieces by a mob . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but