Usually means: Approximately, to a certain extent.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. more or less: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. more or less: Merriam-Webster
  3. more or less: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. more or less: Collins English Dictionary
  5. more or less: Vocabulary.com
  6. more or less: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. more-or-less, more or less: Wiktionary
  8. more or less: Dictionary.com
  9. More or Less (radio programme), More or Less: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. more or less: Rhymezone
  11. more or less: FreeDictionary.org
  12. more or less: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. more or less: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. more or less: Legal dictionary
  2. more or less: Financial dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. more or less: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. more or less: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. More or less: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (more or less)

▸ adverb:  Approximately.
▸ adverb:  Almost.
▸ adverb:  To varying extents, across instances; to an extent that varies among cases.

Similar:
some, close to, just about, about, around, approximately, roughly, or so, plus or minus, loosely, more...

Adjectives:
approximate, near, ballpark, close, about, half, borderline, around, approximal, next door, subcontiguous

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Similar:
some, close to, just about, about, around, approximately, roughly, or so, plus or minus, loosely, more...

Adjectives:
approximate, near, ballpark, close, about, half, borderline, around, approximal, next door, subcontiguous



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