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rough·ly Listen to audio/ˈrʌfli/ adverb
1 : not exactly but close in number, quality, meaning, etc.
Roughly translated, it means hurry up! The new product is modeled roughly on an earlier design. Roughly [=approximately] 20 percent of our land is farmland.
2 [more roughly; most roughly] a : in a way that is not gentle or careful
He threw the package roughly in the truck. The guard told us roughly that we had to stand back. He pushed her roughly.
b : in a very simple or basic way
a roughly [=crudely] built shelter roughly sketched drawings
c : in a way that produces a rough surface
roughly cut timber

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