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Meanings of more or less in English

Portuguese
aproximadamente

(Of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.

      aproximadamente
      Portuguese
      levemente

      To a small degree or extent.

            levemente
            Usage of more or less in English
            1
            They more or less agreed on the origin of the 'document': Moscow.
            Conspiracy and the Spanish Civil War. The brainwashing of Franci...
            2
            Edwards had been working the state more or less constantly since 2003.
            Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
            3
            The road follows more or less the course of the Orontes River.
            Julian
            4
            The result was that the US more or less destroyed the town.
            The Guardian
            5
            Similar, more or less formal standards are in place in other countries.
            The Online World
            6
            And in his mother's case, they had more or less been right.
            The preacher
            7
            His good fortune started at birth and continued more or less unabated.
            The Guardian
            8
            It's not clear whether the average customer will pay more or less.
            News.com.au
            9
            The straw differs in being more or less hollow, and in quality.
            The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
            10
            From a medical standpoint, as I said, you're more or less healthy.
            The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
            11
            He had completed his investigations, more or less; he had sufficient evidence.
            Land of marvels
            12
            Still, a suggestion from Mrs Sasaki is more or less an order.
            Number9Dream
            13
            At last she said: I suppose I've forgiven you, more or less.
            Cities in Flight
            14
            It added other products in the division remained more or less stable.
            Reuters
            15
            Even with no light, Hope more or less knew where she was.
            Hostile intent
            16
            That more or less says it all about our priorities these days.
            The Irish Times