more or less

1. Approximately, as in The truck will hold nine yards of dirt, more or less . This usage was first recorded in 1589.

2. Basically, essentially, as in We more or less agree on the substance of the letter . This usage was first recorded about 1225.

Example Sentences

If you are meeting those goals, paying your bills and paying off your credit cards on time, then the rest of your funds are more or less fun money.

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Some joined new crazes, such as cryptocurrencies, nonfungible tokens and other assets more or less immune from the traditional investment fundamentals such as revenues and profits and business plans.

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She “more or less” ran her father’s 2020 race, a Republican political consultant said.

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Bruising truth is more or less Beckett’s brand.

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The new figures do not show whether an area has become more or less well off since the previous report, but instead can show patterns of how areas have changed relative to each other.

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