[だいなりしょうなり, dainarishounari] (exp) to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less[Add to Longdo]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
more or less
adv 1: (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" [syn: {approximately}, {about},
{close to}, {just about}, {some}, {roughly}, {more or
less}, {around}, {or so}]
2: 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" [syn: {slightly},
{somewhat}, {more or less}]
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