approximative
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It is evident that these calculations are only approximative, but they can also be proved in another way.
From The Conquest of Bread by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin, Prince
All that we can do is to approximate to the meaning that he gave to them, remembering that our translation of them into the language of to-day can be approximative only.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
The ear is only a guide to the harmony of a Period, and often tempts us into the feebleness of expletives or approximative expressions for the sake of a cadence.
From The Principles of Success in Literature by George Henry Lewes
In 1817 a new enumeration was substituted for the approximative estimates attempted in 1811.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt
If anything in this world can give you an approximative idea of this exquisitely perfumed movement, it is the dance for the piccolos in the Almée of Felicien David.
From The Cross of Berny by Florence Fendall
