What is the meaning of Quasi?

Resembling or having a likeness to something.

almost, nearly, quasi

quasi

almost, nearly

as it were, so to speak, effectively, essentially; used to mark a description as figurative, simplified or otherwise not to be taken as absolute, but illustrative of an important point

as good as, basically, virtually, more or less; used to describe a process or change of state that has not been technically completed, but the remainder is considered minor or a mere formality

almost, nearly

almost

(with subj.) as if

(almost) as if, like

almost, nearly

Obsolete spelling of quase.

Source: wiktionary.org