more or less

adv

1. Approximately.

   “There were a hundred people in the room, more or less.”

   “The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]”

2. Almost.

   “I've more or less guaranteed myself a top mark in my final exams.”

3. To varying extents, across instances; to an extent that varies among cases.

   “[X] is always more or less of a [Y]”

   “Entrepreneurship is always more or less of a gamble.”