grosso modo
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See also: grossomodo
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin grossō modō.
Adverb
[edit]grosso modo (comparative more grosso modo, superlative most grosso modo)
- roughly, circa or approximately
- 1980. Henry Mehlberg, Robert Sonné Cohen. Time, Causality, and the Quantum Theory: Studies in the Philosophy of Science. p. 211.
- The fact that event B takes place in the interval separating events A and C has an invariant significance, which may be expressed grosso modo by saying that events which are closer together have more effects in common.
- 1985. Edward W. Said. Orientalism Reconsidered. Cultural Critique, 1, pp. 94-95.
- Still others criticize Orientalism for falsifying the nature of Islam: these are, grosso modo, the fundamentalists.
- 1980. Henry Mehlberg, Robert Sonné Cohen. Time, Causality, and the Quantum Theory: Studies in the Philosophy of Science. p. 211.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin grossō modō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adverb
[edit]grosso modo
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin grossō modō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]grosso modo
- roughly, circa, approximately
- Synonyms: à peu près, approximativement, environ
- 1999, Anna Gavalda, “Permission”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:
- […] L’autre lui disait grosso modo que c’était pas la peine étant donné qu’il allait se trimballer son paquet d’emmerdements avec lui.
- […] He basically told him that there was no point since he'd just be taking all his problems with him.
Italian
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- Alternative form of grossomodo
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverbial locution, from grossus (“approximate”) + modus (“way, method”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡros.soː ˈmo.doː/, [ˈɡrɔs̠ːoː ˈmɔd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡros.so ˈmo.do/, [ˈɡrɔsːo ˈmɔːd̪o]
Adverb
[edit]grossō modō (not comparable)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin grossō modō.
Adverb
[edit]- roughly, circa or approximately
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:aproximadamente
Further reading
[edit]- “grosso modo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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