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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Approximately \Ap*prox"i*mate*ly\, adv With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: approximately adv : (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" [syn: {about}, {close to}, {just about}, {some}, {roughly}, {more or less}, {around}, {or so}]
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