approximativenessn.
rare.
The quality of being approximative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > closeness to accuracy > [noun]
approximation1660
nearness1669
closeness1759
approximativeness1879
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xvii. 301 A slovenly approximativeness and self-defeating inaccuracy.
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n.1879- to have on lock
- to have on one's fingers' ends
- to have on one's fingers'finger ends
- to have on one's game face
- to have on one's tin hat
- to have on onwald
- to have on or wear a barley-cap
- to have on or wear a barleycap
- to have on the ball
- to have on the brain
- to have on the lift
- to have on the lurch
- to have on the run
- to have on toast
- to have one foot in etc grave
- to have one foot in his grave
- to have one foot in the grave
- to have one foot in —— and one in
- to have one in fee
- to have one on the lift
- to have one on toast
- to have one under coram
- to have one'an eye on the prize
- to have one'an eye to the prize
- to have one'its moments