# approximately

Pronunciation: say "uh-PROK-si-muht-lee" US /əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li/, UK /əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət.li/

## Adverb

1. Close to a quantity or amount without being exact or precise.
   - Simple: Close to a number or amount, but not exactly.
   - _The new tower stands approximately ninety meters tall._
   - _Researchers counted approximately three hundred nesting pairs along the coast._

## Origin

Formed from approximate and the adverb-forming suffix -ly.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/approximately (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).