Describing figures and graphs

Expressing the Movement of a Line Describing the Speed of a Change

Verbs Nouns Adjectives Adverbs

Rise (to) a rise
Increase (to) an increase Rapid rapidly
Go up to Quick quickly
Grow (to) growth Swift swiftly
Climb (to) a climb Sudden suddenly
Boom a boom Steady steadily
Peak (at) (reach) a peak Gradual gradually
(at)
Fall (to) a fall (of) Slow slowly
Decline (to) a decline (of)
Decrease (to) a decrease (of)
Dip (to) a dip (of)
Drop (to) a drop (of)
Go down (to)
Reduce (to) a reduction (of)
A slump
Level out a levelling out
No change no change
Remain stable
(at)
Remain steady
(at)
Stay (at)
Stay constant (at)
Maintain the
same level

Adjectives Adverbs
Dramatic dramatically
Sharp sharply
Huge hugely
Enormous enormously
Steep steeply
Substantial substantially
Considerable considerably
Significant significantly
Marked markedly
Moderate moderately
Slight slightly
Small
Minimal minimally
To indicate an approximate figure use: about, roughly, approximately, around. E.g.:

Figure Approximation
100,005 about one hundred thousand
60.04% roughly sixty per cent
40.5C approximately 40 degrees Celsius
502.02 around five hundred pounds

To indicate a figure is less than your approximation use: under, less than, below, almost. E.g.:

Qualifying Adverb Adverb Figure Approximation

just, a little, slightly, under 99,998 just under a hundred thousand
a little under a hundred thousand
slightly under a hundred thousand

slightly, a little, just, a bit less than 58.4 seconds slightly less than a minute
a little less than a minute
just less than a minute
a bit less than a minute

just, slightly, marginally below 9.7% just below ten per cent
slightly below ten per cent marginally
below ten per cent

almost 14.9bn almost 15 billion Euros

To indicate a figure is more than your approximation use: over, more than, above. E.g:

Qualifying Adverb Adverb Figure Approximation

just, a little, slightly, over 100,008 just over one hundred thousand
not much, a little over one hundred thousand
slightly over on hundred thousand
not much over one hundred thousand

a little, a bit, slightly, barely
just, a little, barely, marginally
more than 24 hours 6 mins a little more than twenty-four hours
a bit more than twenty-four hours
slightly more than twenty-four hours
barely more than twenty-four hours
above 32.1C just above thirty-two degrees Centigrade
a little over thirty-two degrees Centigrade
barely thirty-two degrees Centigrade
marginally above thirty-two degrees C

Other words to indicate approximation are: nearly, close to, approaching. E.g:

Adverb Figure Approximation

Nearly 99,998 nearly one hundred thousand
close to 9.8% close to ten per cent
approaching 14.7bn approaching fifteen billion Euros

To indicate precision use: precisely, exacty. E.g.:

Adverb Figure Approximation

Precisely 32.1C precisely thirty-two point one degrees Centigrade
Exactly 2.5 cm exactly two point five centimetres