suurin piirtein

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Plural instructive of suuri (large) + piirre (feature, trait); literally "by the large features".

Adverb

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suurin piirtein (not comparable)

  1. roughly, approximately, more or less, by and large

Further reading

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