Associations to the word «Roughly»
Noun
- Wavelength
- Weighing
- Orbit
- Tang
- Modern
- Isthmus
- Millennium
- Cm
- Proportion
- Triangle
- Thoroughfare
- Palatinate
- Holding
- Earthwork
- Northwest
- Dividing
- Workforce
- Quadrant
- Tenth
- Supernova
- Axis
- Euphrates
- Freeway
- Lifespan
- Bc
- Span
- Motorway
- Lowland
- Yong
- Convection
- Divide
- East
- Landfall
- Ratio
- Per
- Basalt
- West
- Gabon
- Pluto
- Gallon
- Hurricane
- Fifth
- Thickness
- Annum
- Thick
- Cretaceous
- Jupiter
- Ridge
- Homo
- Expressway
- Rim
- Neutron
- Length
- Filipinos
- Metre
- Period
- Horsepower
Adjective
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".
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