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".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- much and close to
- much and pretty much
- nearly and close to
- nearly and pretty much
- almost and close to
- almost and pretty much
- practically and close to
- practically and pretty much
- about and close to
- about and pretty much
- all but and close to
- all but and pretty much
- near and close to
- near and pretty much
Both terms in one sentence
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Apparently, her being close to magic pretty much has the same effect as Kryptonite, if not worse.
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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.
Source: Harder Than Hard -
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.
Source: Ho Yay / Anime
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