more or less
Adverb

more or less (not comparable)

  1. Approximately.
    Synonyms: Thesaurus:approximately
    There are hundred people in the room, more or less.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
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  2. Almost.
    I've more or less guaranteed myself a top mark in my final exams.
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