"pretty much" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} pretty much (not comparable)
  1. Almost completely; very nearly; mostly; more or less; basically. Tags: not-comparable Translations (almost completely; very nearly; mostly): 几乎 (jīhū) (Chinese Mandarin), 差不多 (chàbuduō) (Chinese Mandarin), stort set (Danish), preskaŭ ĉiel (Esperanto), preskaŭ ĉiom (Esperanto), plejparte (Esperanto), kvazaŭ (Esperanto), aika lailla (Finnish), suurin piirtein (Finnish), à peu de choses près (French), leidlich (German), 多分 (tabun) (Japanese), mer eller mindre (Norwegian), quase isso (Portuguese), практически (praktičeski) (Russian), почти (počti) (Russian), más o menos (Spanish), i stort sett (Swedish), майже́ (majžé) (Ukrainian), значно́ю мі́рою (značnóju míroju) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pretty_much-en-adv-nBvx9x7d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "почти"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "más o menos"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "i stort sett"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "майже́"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "značnóju míroju",
          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "plejparte"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "kvazaŭ"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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    },
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "leidlich"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "mer eller mindre"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "quase isso"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "почти"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "más o menos"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "i stort sett"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "majžé",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "майже́"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "značnóju míroju",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "значно́ю мі́рою"
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  "word": "pretty much"
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