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roughly
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As an adverb, roughly means in a rough manner.
Meanings of roughly
6 meaningsadverb
In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.
Unevenly or irregularly.
Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
“lasted approximately an hour”
“in just about a minute”
“he's about 30 years old”
Similar: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, more or lessWith roughness or violence (‘rough’ is an informal variant for ‘roughly’)
“he was pushed roughly aside”
“they treated him rough”
Similar: rough
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
All synonyms for roughly →adverb: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
adverb: with roughness or violence (‘rough’ is an informal varian…
adverb: with rough motion as over a rough surface
Words that rhyme with roughly
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