Close to
Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
Effectively and close to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Effectively" instead an adverb phrase "Close to".
Effectively
Effectively adverb - In an effective manner.
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Synonyms for Effectively
Close to and effectively are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead an adverb "Effectively".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- nearly and close to
- nearly and effectively
- almost and close to
- almost and effectively
- practically and close to
- practically and effectively
- basically and close to
- basically and effectively
- in effect and close to
- in effect and effectively
- roughly and close to
- roughly and effectively
- approximately and close to
- approximately and effectively
Both terms in one sentence
- A Space Marine biker list can be hard as hell to use effectively but when it is they are getting damn near close to Game Breaker territory.
Source: Difficult but Awesome -
Brother-Sister Incest: Since the tooth-brushing scene in Nisemonogatari episode 8 is effectively G-Rated Sex (well, more like PG) nearly escalating to R-rated sex before Tsukihi intervened and Koyomi and Karen decide to continue it, their relationship is pretty close to this.
Source: Light Novel / Bakemonogatari - Quite close to the games, so most of the tropes found there are here as well.Dimension JumperAn interesting puzzle map, that effectively uses Dual-World Gameplay as the basis for a whole game.
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