Associations to the word «Roughly»
Noun
Adjective
- Bounded
- Spherical
- Equivalent
- Triangular
- Elliptical
- Rectangular
- Midway
- Circular
- Parallel
- Halfway
- Equal
- Analogous
- Oval
- Cylindrical
- Comparable
- Chronological
- Tuned
- Proportional
- Corresponding
- Squared
- Percent
- Conical
- Shaped
- Synonymous
- Humanoid
- Concentric
- Southwest
- Northeast
- Across
- Perpendicular
- Northwest
- Southeast
- Aligned
- Symmetrical
- Speaking
- Interstate
- Remnant
- Hourly
- Seventy
- Southernmost
- Divided
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
ROUGHLY, adverb. In a rough manner.
ROUGHLY, adverb. Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
ROUGHLY, adverb. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.
Dictionary definition
ROUGHLY, 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".
ROUGHLY, adverb. With roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough".
ROUGHLY, adverb. With rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.