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
▪ 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.
▪ 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







