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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
roughly \rough"ly\, adv.
in a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely;
austerely.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
roughly
adv 1: 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" syn: approximately,
about, close to, just about, some, more or
less, around, or so
2: with roughness or violence `rough' is an informal variant
for `roughly'; "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they
treated him rough" syn: rough
3: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
syn: rough
see also:
approximately about close to just about some more or less
around or so rough
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
136 moby thesaurus words for "roughly":
about, all but, all in all, all things considered, almost,
altogether, approximately, approximatively, around, as a rule,
as a whole, as an approximation, as good as,
at irregular intervals, at large, at random, austerely, awkwardly,
badly, broadly, broadly speaking, brokenly, brutally, by and large,
by catches, by fits, by jerks, by snatches, capriciously, chiefly,
choppily, clumsily, coarsely, commonly, crassly, crudely, cruelly,
desultorily, disconnectedly, discontinuously, eccentrically,
erratically, fitfully, for practical purposes, generally,
generally speaking, grimly, grossly, haltingly, hardly, harshly,
heartlessly, improperly, in general, in round numbers, in snatches,
in spots, in the rough, inartistically, inclemently, inconstantly,
indecently, indecorously, indelicately, inefficiently, inelegantly,
ineptly, inexpertly, inhumanly, intermittently, irregularly,
jaggedly, jerkily, just about, lurchingly, mainly, maladroitly,
mercilessly, more or less, most, mostly, nearly, nonuniformly,
normally, off and on, offensively, on balance, on the whole,
ordinarily, overall, painfully, patchily, pitilessly, practically,
predominantly, prevailingly, primitively, raggedly, ribaldly,
rigorously, rough, roughly speaking, roundly, routinely, rudely,
ruthlessly, savagely, say, severely, spasmodically,
speaking generally, sporadically, spottily, sternly, stringently,
uncertainly, uncouthly, unevenly, unkindly, unmercifully,
unmethodically, unpredictably, unrhythmically, unseemly,
unsparingly, unsteadily, unsympathetically, unsystematically,
untastefully, usually, variably, violently, vulgarly, well-nigh,
whimsically, wobblingly
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