approximativelyadv.
In an approximative manner; approximately.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > closeness to accuracy > [adverb]
much1560
nearly1594
muchwhat1619
nigh about1632
closely1682
roughly1768
close1833
approximatively1835
proximately1839
in the rough1841
approximately1845
along1852
nearbouta1857
in a sort of (sorta) way1868
in the (right) ballpark1945
grosso modo1952
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 123/2 Calculated approximatively according to their masses.
1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 111 The per-centages given must be regarded merely as approximatively correct.
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