Approximatively

What is Approximatively?


1.

A bastardisation of approximately and positively first used by people of marginal education. Even though those two words have different degrees of certitude, approximatively originally meant approximately but has since evolved to mean approximately with slightly more certitude, but not quite positively.

guy one: "How long will you be?"

guy two: "approximatively 15 minutes."

See almost, absolutely


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