Approximately
Approximately adverb - Close to but not exactly.
Few and approximately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Few" instead an adjective "Approximately".
Few
Few adjective - A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number.
Approximately and few are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approximately" instead an adjective "Few".
Both words in one sentence
- A few of them show up in the last few levels, and although their attacks aren't any harder to dodge than the normal enemies of their type, they have approximately 1.65 metric boatloads of Hit Points.
Source: Boss in Mook Clothing -
The climax musics from zts are all english words approximately mashed together with no space: "worldenddominator", "dreamenddischarger" or "lastendconductor" to name a few.
- The Human/Sholan hybrids that resulted from stolen DNA are created in test tubes and have their growth accelerated in tanks to approximately 10 years of age in a few weeks time.
Source: Literature / Sholan Alliance
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