Synonyms for more or less
more or less

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1. approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   well-nigh, rough, virtually, somewhat, slightly, or so, roughly, just about, some, nigh, most, about, nearly, almost, near, approximately, around, close to, round

2. slightly, somewhat, more or lessadverb

   to a small degree or extent

   "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"

   Synonyms:
   some, passably, slightly, just about, somewhat, slenderly, pretty, slimly, fairly, reasonably, middling, moderately, about, roughly, or so, approximately, around, close to, jolly

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1. Peter Hotez:

   It was just open it up and then more or less business as usual, with a little bit of window dressing, this is not an abstract number of cases. Were seeing people pile into intensive care units.

2. Eric Hoffer:

   However much we talk of the inexorable laws governing the life of individuals and of societies, we remain at the bottom convinced that in human affairs everything in more or less fortuitous. We do not even believe in the inevitability of our own death. Hence the difficulty of deciphering the present, of detecting the seeds of things to come as they germinate before our eyes. We are not attuned to seeing the inevitable.

3. Dylan Taylor:

   My perception — and it was just a brief one — was that I could see pretty much the entire North American continent more or less.

4. Sam Keen:

   To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions.

5. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak:

   We don't have any talks on this subject at the moment. The situation with oil prices is more or less normal, stable, and is satisfying many countries.