proximately
/prok-suh-mit/US // ˈprɒk sə mɪt //UK // (ˈprɒksɪmɪt) //
近似,近似的,大约,约有
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- : close; very near.
- : approximate; fairly accurate.
- : forthcoming; imminent.
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Examples
Yes, Obama was sort of, proximately, true to his word when he raised taxes on Americans earning $250,000 and up.
The motion at any subsequent instant is proximately caused by the motion which took place at the instant preceding.
Proximately to complete our investigations—already far advanced—into the origin of the Universe.
And is not this change proximately ascribable to this habitual self-dependence?
In none of these cases can we be even proximately certain of the length of the animal.
It may be illustrated, however, in various ways, so as to obtain a conclusion proximately accurate.
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