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- Dictionaryroughly/ˈrʌfli/
adverb
- 1. in a manner lacking gentleness; harshly or violently: "the man picked me up roughly" Similar Opposite
- 2. in a manner lacking refinement and precision: "people were crouching over roughly built brick fireplaces"
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ROUGHLY definition: 1. approximately: 2. without taking a lot of care to make something perfect: 3. in a violent or…. Learn more.
1. : in a rough manner: such as. a. : with harshness or violence. treated the prisoner roughly. b. : in crude fashion : imperfectly. roughly dressed lumber. 2. : without completeness or exactness : approximately. roughly 20 percent. Synonyms. about. approximately. around. like. more or less. much. near. plus or minus. say. some.
ˈroughly. / ˈrʌflɪ / adverb. without being exact or fully authenticated; approximately. roughly half the candidates were successful. in a clumsy, coarse, or violent manner. his captors did not treat him roughly. in a crude or primitive manner. a slab of roughly hewn stone. Discover More. Example Sentences.
Definition of roughly adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adverb. with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') “he was pushed roughly aside”. synonyms: rough. adverb. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct. “ roughly $3,000”. synonyms: about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, some. Pronunciation.
There's been an increase of roughly 30% since last year. Fewer examples. The length of the bay is roughly 200 miles. The UK's Brit Awards are roughly equivalent to the Oscars. Faces are roughly symmetrical. The class consists of both men and women in roughly equal proportions. We're roughly the same age.
1 in a manner lacking gentleness; harshly or violently: the man picked me up roughly. More example sentences Synonyms. 2 in a manner lacking refinement and precision: people were crouching over roughly built brick fireplaces. More example sentences.
