What does "more or less" mean?

Question

What does "more or less" mean when you ask someone how things are going with him?

thnx....

Answer 1

It depends how its been used. For example, if someone has drawn something and they want to know if they've got the picture in the right proportion and they've kind of got it then the person might so "blah blah blah.more or less". Another example is if someone asks of a definition of something, and the person may not give a completely clear definition, then another person may say "more or less".........kind of meaning sort of............

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Answer 2

Theres nothing new or nothing worrying in my life.~~

Answer 3

He says good, more or less.  It means he is having a good day but may have had some things that made part of his day better or worse.  

Answer 4

I have no idea what you are asking but maybe more things are going on in his life and less maybe less things are going on his life

Answer 5

Well, back in the day when things were measured on a scale, it might be a little light compared to the gold.... and because they did not have the accurate measurement technique  down to the milli gram,  they would say it is ...."more or less"...  ... meaning... "it's good enough to be accurate"

  

Answer 6

It just means he is experiencing the ups and downs of life, but he's keeping an optimistic mood about things.

Answer 7

kinf of like 'give or take' could be happeir could be sadder but no more than regular atm...i think

Answer 8

Like things are kind of good but kind of bad

Answer 9

It means  "basically yes". For example if you asked someone "did you understand that question?" and they replied "more or less", what they're saying is "yes, I pretty much understood it".

EDIT The thumbs-down is incorrect, I have told you the correct meaning of the term, it is not a "so so" or "middling" statement at all.

LOL at the yank twats marking me down.

Answer 10

It means "so so" or "neither here nor there".  

Answer 11

It means "so so" or... not bad but not good or... average.

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