Sentence:  Depicted , Cubist flatness is now <WSD>almost</WSD> completely assimilated to the literal , undepicted kind , but at the same time it reacts upon and largely transforms the undepicted kind - and it does so , moreover , without depriving the latter of its literalness ; rather , it underpins and reinforces that literalness , re-creates it . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but