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roughly

  • adverb
  • /ˈɹʌf.li/

In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.

Other meanings

  1. Unevenly or irregularly.

  2. Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.

Synonyms

  • approximately
  • about
  • close to
  • just about
  • some
  • more or less

Related words

  • roughly speaking

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “roughly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.