Hypertext Webster Gateway: "approximately"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Approximately \Ap*prox"i*mate*ly\, adv.
With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
approximately
adv : (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a
minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all
I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty
people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds";
"roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20
or so people were at the party" [syn: {about}, {close
to}, {just about}, {some}, {roughly}, {more or less}, {around},
{or so}]
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