'Roughly' definitions:
Definition of 'roughly'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so]
adverb
With roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough" [syn: roughly, rough]
adverb
With rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" [syn: roughly, rough]
Definition of 'Roughly'
From: GCIDE
- Roughly \Rough"ly\, adv. In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'roughly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Roughly'
- In the rough,
- Rough,
- Roughings,
- Roughness,
- To rough it,
- rough in,
- rough out,
- rough up,
- Rough Rock,
- Rough and ready,
- Rough breathing,
- Rough diamond,
- Rough log,
- Roughing rolls,
- Roughing-in,
- diamond in the rough,
- rough bindweed,
- rough bristlegrass,
- rough bryony,
- rough cut,
- rough dab,
- rough draft,
- rough drawing,
- rough fish,
- rough horsetail,
- rough pea,
- rough ray,
- rough rider,
- rough sketch,
- rough sledding,
- rough water,
- Rough Rock, AZ,
- Rough-footed,
- Rough-grained,
- Rough-legged,
- rough green snake,
- rough-and-ready,
- rough-and-tumble,
- rough-cut,
- rough-dry,
- rough-haired,
- rough-hew,
- rough-house,
- rough-sand,
- rough-spoken,
- rough-textured,
- rough-leaved aster,
- rough-legged buzzard,
- rough-legged hawk,
- rough-skin plum,
- rough-skinned newt,
- rough-stemmed goldenrod