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Synonyms for approximately
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
imprecise but fairly close to correct
Lasted approximately an hour.
The true synonym
roughly
Same sentence, swapped: Lasted roughly an hour.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for approximately as it is used in the sentence above.
- essentially
- virtually
- substantially
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Closest first: other words at Treeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.
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