n.
Function: adverb
Etymology: by shortening
Date: circa 1584
: ALMOST <we'll be crossing the river most any time now ― Hamilton Basso>
usage Although considered by some to be unacceptable in all cases, most is often used to mean “ almost ” in both spoken and, to a lesser extent, written English to modify the adjectives all, every, and any; the pronouns all, everyone, everything, everybody, anyone, anything, and anybody; and the adverbs everywhere, anywhere, and always. Other uses of this sense of most are dialectal.