More or less
More or less adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Usage example: the lot is 16 acres more or less
Virtually and more or less are semantically related In some cases you can use "Virtually" instead an adverb phrase "More or less".
Virtually
Virtually adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Usage example: fell in love with a man who was virtually penniless
More or less and virtually are semantically related in in effect topic. You can use "More or less" instead an adverb "Virtually".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- most and more or less
- most and virtually
- nearly and more or less
- nearly and virtually
- almost and more or less
- almost and virtually
- practically and more or less
- practically and virtually
- about and more or less
- about and virtually
- all but and more or less
- all but and virtually
- near and more or less
- near and virtually
Both terms in one sentence
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Productivity software with a WYSIWYG interface—displaying more or less exactly what the end product would look like on paper—was virtually nonexistent on PCs until the release of Windows 3.
Source: Everyone Owns A Mac -
Despite spending virtually the whole movie in a Heroic B.S.O.D., hes more or less the Only Sane Man by elimination.
- Played with with Eoin MacCavoy, who is more or less mortal except for his left hand, which is made out of virtually indestructible silver metal.
Source: Roleplay / Aut Omnia Aut Nihil
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