more-or-less

  • (r) (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
    about, approximately, close to, just about, or so, roughly, some, around,
  • (r) to a small degree or extent
    • his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
    • the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
    slightly, somewhat,

Synonyms

about approximately close to just about or so roughly some around slightly somewhat

Words of close approximity