| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| approximately (adv.) |
| is applied usually as a qualifier for numbers for which exactness cannot be claimed: There were approximately thirty people present. The word is somewhat more Formal than about, nearly, almost, and the like, which can perform a similar qualifying task. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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