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
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.