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November 02, 2021 Word of the Day

roughly /ˈrʌfli/ adverb
roughly
/ˈrʌfli/
adverb
This package weighs roughly 1 kilogram.
This package weighs roughly 1 kilogram.
Definition of ROUGHLY

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 a [more roughly; most roughly] : 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.

2 b [more roughly; most roughly] : in a very simple or basic way

  • a roughly [=crudely] built shelter

  • roughly sketched drawings

2 c [more roughly; most roughly] : in a way that produces a rough surface

  • roughly cut timber

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