definition of
[approximately]

[1] #1 approximately r. [about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so] (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. wn