more+or+less

  • 31more haste, less speed — proverb you make better progress with a task if you don t try to do it too quickly * * * ˌmore ˈhaste, ˌless ˈspeed idiom (BrE, saying) you will finish doing sth sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes… …

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  • 32more or less — 1》 to a certain extent. 2》 approximately. → more …

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  • 33The more and less — More More, n. 1. A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with. [1913 Webster] And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ex. xvi. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. That …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 34more haste, less speed —    The faster you try to do something, the more likely you are to make mistakes that make you take longer than it would had you planned it.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 35More haste, less speed —   The faster you try to do something, the more likely you are to make mistakes that make you take longer than it would had you planned it …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 36more or less — Synonyms and related words: about, all but, almost, approximately, approximatively, as good as, circa, fairly, for practical purposes, generally, generally speaking, in round numbers, just about, kind of, moderately, most, nearly, plus ou moins,… …

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  • 37more or less — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. approximately, about, roughly, generally, thereabouts, in round numbers …

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  • 38more or less — to a lesser or greater degree …

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  • 39more or less — About; substantially; or approximately; implying that both parties assume the risk of any ordinary discrepancy. The words are intended to cover slight or unimportant inaccuracies in quantity, Carter v. Finch, 186 Ark. 954, 57 S.W.2d 408; and are… …

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  • 40more or less — About; substantially; or approximately; implying that both parties assume the risk of any ordinary discrepancy. The words are intended to cover slight or unimportant inaccuracies in quantity, Carter v. Finch, 186 Ark. 954, 57 S.W.2d 408; and are… …

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