grosso modo

See also: grossomodo

English

Etymology

From Latin grossō modō.

Adverb

grosso modo (comparative more grosso modo, superlative most grosso modo)

  1. 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.

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin grossō modō.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

grosso modo

  1. roughly, circa or approximately

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin grossō modō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁo.so mo.do/

Adverb

grosso modo

  1. roughly, circa, approximately
    Synonyms: à peu près, approximativement, environ

Italian

Adverb

grosso modo

  1. Alternative spelling of grossomodo

Latin

Etymology

Adverbial locution, from grossus (“approximate”) + modus (“way, method”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡros.soː ˈmo.doː/, [ˈɡrɔs.soː ˈmɔ.doː]

Adverb

grossō modō (not comparable)

  1. roughly, circa, approximately
  2. coarsely
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