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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: (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: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so]

Merriam Webster's

adverb see approximate I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Approximately Ap*prox"i*mate*ly, adv. With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see approximate

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. Near, nearly, about, not fa from.

Moby Thesaurus

about, all but, all in all, almost, almost entirely, approaching, approximatively, around, by and large, chiefly, circa, close to, effectually, essentially, for practical purposes, generally, generally speaking, in round numbers, in the main, mainly, more or less, most, mostly, much, nearabout, nearly, nigh, on balance, on the whole, plus ou moins, practically, roughly, roughly speaking, roundly, say, some, substantially, virtually, well-nigh