Close to and Pretty much

Close to

Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.

Pretty much and close to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretty much" instead an adverb phrase "Close to".

Pretty much

Pretty much adverb - To some degree.
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Synonyms for Pretty much

Close to and pretty much are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead an adverb phrase "Pretty much".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Comic Book / Justice League: Cry for Justice Apparently, her being close to magic pretty much has the same effect as Kryptonite, if not worse.
  • Harder Than Hard Your characters pretty much have to be close to the original level cap of 99 with at least a few power-ups from Adventure Mode to have a chance here.
  • Ho Yay / Anime It doesn't help that Joshua is pretty much the only one Henri doesn't snark at and even lets him come pretty close to him, while usually brushing off others.
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