Approximately
Approximately adverb - Close to but not exactly.
Mostly and approximately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mostly" instead an adverb "Approximately".
Mostly
Mostly adverb - For the most part.
Usage example: the weather this month has been mostly mild
Approximately and mostly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approximately" instead an adverb "Mostly".
Nearby Word: most
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- largely and approximately
- largely and mostly
- most and approximately
- most and mostly
- nearly and approximately
- nearly and mostly
- practically and approximately
- practically and mostly
- about and approximately
- about and mostly
- primarily and approximately
- primarily and mostly
- roughly and approximately
- roughly and mostly
Both words in one sentence
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Approximately 20 hours of which were mostly skipped while Luffy recovered from Magellan's poison, effectively making it a 13 hour period that was actually covered.
Source: Webcomic Time -
It was mostly propaganda that made people think she said it.He was also a music theorist (he wrote approximately 180 articles about music in Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie) and composer.
Source: Creator / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -
The Legion of Super-Heroes, amongst its approximately 100 members, mostly all have names of this makeup.
Source: Something Person
Cite this Source
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