Associations to the word «Roughly»

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

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.