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Synonyms for proximately
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : prok-suh-mit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒk sə mɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for proximately Other synonyms for the word proximately
- about
- advanced
- ahead of time
- anon
- anticipative
- anticipatory
- any minute now
- around
- ballpark figure
- before appointed time
- before long
- bordering on
- by and by
- circa
- close to
- closely
- comparatively
- direct
- immature
- in a little while
- in the ballpark
- in the neighborhood of
- in the region of
- in the vicinity of
- just about
- loosely
- matinal
- more or less
- most
- much
- not far from
- not quite
- on short notice
- on the dot
- overearly
- oversoon
- preceding
- precipitant
- precocious
- preexistent
- premature
- presently
- prompt
- pronto
- proximately
- punctual
- seasonable
- speedy
- unanticipated
- unexpected
- untimely
- upwards of
- very close
Définition of proximately
Origin :- "neighboring," 1590s (implied in proximately), from Late Latin proximatus, past participle of proximare "to draw near," from proximus "nearest, next" (see proximity).
- As in approximately : adv nearly
- As in shortly : adv right away
- As in early : adv sooner than expected
- These men, as we believe, were proximately the means of his ruin.
- Extract from : « Life of Robert Burns » by Thomas Carlyle
- It is proximately reached in man, for man is the existent reason.
- Extract from : « A Critical History of Greek Philosophy » by W. T. Stace
- In the other, they are discordant, and are forced to reach their proximately proper adjustment through antagonism and struggle.
- Extract from : « Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 » by Various
- The proportion of expenses due to these enterprises and results may, in like manner, be proximately calculated.
- Extract from : « Memorials of the Sea » by William Scoresby
- The former is the great, substantial productive force: the latter is not immediately, or proximately, productive.
- Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen
- But diseases were only immediately or proximately caused by disturbances in the balance or harmony of the humours.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- The same remark is proximately true of the literary life of the First Empire.
- Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) » by John Holland Rose
- The motion at any subsequent instant is proximately caused by the motion which took place at the instant preceding.
- Extract from : « A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive » by John Stuart Mill
- Proximately to complete our investigations—already far advanced—into the origin of the Universe.
- Extract from : « The Crack of Doom » by Robert Cromie
- It was proximately Austrian recklessness and indirectly, but just as strongly, German ambition.
- Extract from : « Before the War » by Viscount Richard Burton Haldane
Antonyms for proximately
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