More or less
More or less adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Not exactly and more or less are semantically related In some cases you can use "Not exactly" instead an adverb phrase "More or less".
Not exactly
More or less and not exactly are semantically related in to a degree topic. You can use "More or less" instead an adverb phrase "Not exactly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- enough and more or less
- enough and not exactly
- somewhat and more or less
- somewhat and not exactly
- rather and more or less
- rather and not exactly
- fairly and more or less
- fairly and not exactly
- something and more or less
- something and not exactly
- little and more or less
- little and not exactly
- pretty and more or less
- pretty and not exactly
Both terms in one sentence
- Vee seems quite certain that he's a "boyscout", despite that he more or less lives in a very nasty bar and is not exactly shy about dropping crude innuendos towards Nora.
Source: Strangled by the Red String - Mushroomhead (they're not exactly a blatant example, owing more or less to Industrial Metal and Avant-Garde Metal, although they started incorporating elements of the sound with XIII)
Source: Nu Metal -
Lady Death's father is not exactly Father of the Year material, serving as a recurring antagonist and being more or less responsible for her current condition.
Source: Archnemesis Dad
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