just about
adv 1: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for
`nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for
`almost'; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby
was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're
almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he
nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the
recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the
parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by
the run"; "most everyone agrees" [syn: about, almost,
most, all but, nearly, near, nigh, virtually,
well-nigh]
2: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute";
"he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can
stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people
came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000";
"holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at
the party" [syn: approximately, about, close to, some,
roughly, more or less, around, or so]
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "just about":
about, all but, almost, approximately, around, as good as, circa,
close, close upon, closely, near, near enough to, near upon,
nearabout, nearly, nigh, nighhand, not quite, practically,
pretty near, somewhere about, upwards of, well-nigh