approximative

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The riddle of the universe, like less important riddles, is unravelled only by approximative trials, and the most brilliant discoverers have usually been the bravest guessers.

From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John

As we remarked before, these figures and valuations, which are sufficiently approximative of accuracy for any useful purpose, will take public men and economists, both here and in Spain, by surprise.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various

Answer:—No; they do not deny its general propositions, nor the approximative truths of the scientific hypotheses.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

The reader can therefore procure from the statistics of these periods only an approximative idea of the values of crops and the wealth created by their passing into trade.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 by Various

Except with regard to Spain and the United States, most of the existing commercial statistics of Cuba, prior to 1899, are fragmentary and merely approximative.

From Cuba, Old and New by Robinson, Albert G. (Albert Gardner)