Approximately
Approximately adverb - Close to but not exactly.
Fairly and approximately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fairly" instead an adverb "Approximately".
Fairly
Fairly adverb - To some degree or extent.
Approximately and fairly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approximately" instead an adverb "Fairly".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Adolf: Spanning approximately half a century, from the Berlin Olympics to the then-present of The Eighties, focusing primarily on the years leading up to World War Two, it is by turns a Coming-of-Age Story, Spy Fiction, Romance & a fairly well-done Author Tract about the evils of war and racism.
Source: Genre-Busting -
It takes approximately half the series for him to start warming up to Ichise, and, excepting his secretary and his wife, comes across as fairly cold, frigid, and towards Shinji, downright patronising.
Source: Anime / Texhnolyze - There's been 4 female deaths on-screen, all of which are fairly brutal (in order of appearance: evisceration, Buried Alive, electrocution, and decapitation), approximately 200-1000 off-screen mixed-sex deaths (killed by volcanic eruption), and two on-screen male deaths (clogged lungs).
Source: Webcomic / Draconia Chronicles
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