grosso modo
See also: grossomodo
English
Etymology
From Latin grossō modō.
Adverb
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
Etymology
From Latin grossō modō.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
grosso modo
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin grossō modō.
Pronunciation
Adverb
grosso modo
- roughly, circa, approximately
- Synonyms: à peu près, approximativement, environ
Italian
Adverb
- Alternative spelling of grossomodo
Latin
Etymology
Adverbial locution, from grossus (“approximate”) + modus (“way, method”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡros.soː ˈmo.doː/, [ˈɡrɔs̠ːoː ˈmɔd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡros.so ˈmo.do/, [ˈɡrɔsːo ˈmɔːd̪o]
Adverb
grossō modō (not comparable)
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