more or less

more  (môr, mr)

adj. Comparative of many, much.

1.

a. Greater in number: a hall with more seats.

b. Greater in size, amount, extent, or degree: more land; more support.

2. Additional; extra: She needs some more time.

n.

A greater or additional quantity, number, degree, or amount: The more I see of you the more I like you.

pron.

(used with a pl. verb) A greater or additional number of persons or things: I opened only two bottles but more were in the refrigerator.

adv. Comparative of much.

1.

a. To or in a greater extent or degree: loved him even more.

b. Used to form the comparative of many adjectives and adverbs: more difficult; more softly. See Usage Note at perfect.

2. In addition: phoned twice more.

3. Moreover; furthermore.

Idioms:

more and more

To a steadily increasing extent or degree: getting more and more worried.

more or less

1. About; approximately: holds two tons, more or less.

2. To an undetermined degree: were more or less in agreement.

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[Middle English, from Old English mra and mre; see m-³ in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	more or less - (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 pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" close to, just about, or so, roughly, some, about, approximately, around
	2.	more or less - to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other" slightly, somewhat