Associations to the word «Roughly»

Wiktionary

ROUGHLY, adverb. In a rough manner.
ROUGHLY, adverb. Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
ROUGHLY, adverb. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.

Dictionary definition

ROUGHLY, adverb. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party".
ROUGHLY, adverb. With roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough".
ROUGHLY, adverb. With rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough".

Wise words

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