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approximately, approximation
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- approximately
- practically
- around
- in the ball park
- in the neighborhood
- more or less
- pretty near
- somewhere around
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SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO ROUGHLY
- almost
- approximately
- in general
- in the ball park
- in the neighborhood
- nearly
- practically
- pretty nearly
- roughly
- about
- about to
- all but
- approximately
- around
- as good as
- bordering on
- close to
- close upon
- essentially
- for all practical purposes
- for the greatest part
- in effect
- in the neighborhood of
- in the vicinity of
- just about
- most
- much
- near to
- nigh
- not far from
- not quite
- on the brink of
- on the edge of
- on the point of
- on the verge of
- practically
- pretty near
- relatively
- roughly
- substantially
- virtually
- well-nigh
- within sight of
- about
- almost
- around
- ballpark figure
- bordering on
- circa
- close to
- closely
- comparatively
- generally
- in the ballpark
- in the neighborhood of
- in the region of
- in the vicinity of
- just about
- loosely
- more or less
- most
- much
- not far from
- not quite
- proximately
- relatively
- roughly
- upwards of
- very close
- acutely
- deeply
- exceedingly
- extremely
- gravely
- greatly
- hard
- intensely
- painfully
- roughly
- seriously
- severely
- about
- around
- close on
- in the region of
- near
- nearby
- nigh
- roughly
- artlessly
- coarsely
- roughly
- rudely
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approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb
(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»
Synonyms:
well-nigh, rough, virtually, somewhat, slightly, or so, just about, some, nigh, most, about, nearly, more or less, almost, near, approximately, around, close to, round -
roughly, roughadverb
with roughness or violence (`rough’ is an informal variant for `roughly’)
«he was pushed roughly aside»; «they treated him rough»
Synonyms:
around, some, rough, close to, more or less, about, or so, just about, approximately -
roughly, roughadverb
with rough motion as over a rough surface
«ride rough»
Synonyms:
around, some, rough, close to, more or less, about, or so, just about, approximately
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List of paraphrases for «roughly»:
approximately, around, about, almost, nearly, some, virtually, broadly, coarsely, near
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Daniel Getz:
Historically we’re roughly able to accept 90 % of transfer requests from our communities to bring patients in, we’ve struggled over the past two weeks to accept half of those patients.
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Bill Martin:
The new, O3b satellites are in low, mid-Earth orbit, roughly five times closer to Earth, and they actually orbit. It’s a much more concentrated signal…access can be unlimited and high-speed.
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Greg Poland:
In the last few months, 30 million Americans have been infected with a virus, about 300 to 500 thousand of them so severe they had to be hospitalized, and about 30,000 of them died. It’s the influenza virus. We are so culturally numb to’ just the flu’ that we don’t take it seriously despite the numbers. And in contrast, the coronavirus has killed about 3,300 in roughly the same time.
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White House:
Around 75 or so seems to be about the average, and I would suspect that we would continue at roughly that pace.
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Laine Anderson:
Our largest mine is roughly 90 square miles.
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roughly
adverb
Definition of roughly
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as in approximately
close to but not exactly
roughly 80% of the country’s population is of that faith
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approximately
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about
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around
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say
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nearly
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some
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much
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somewhere around
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somewhere about
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plus or minus
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near
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like
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after a fashion
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more or less
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generally
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loosely
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practically
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virtually
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nominally
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well—nigh
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kind of
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precisely
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exactly
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even
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just
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sharp
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squarely
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due
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smack—dab
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precisely
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exactly
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even
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sharp
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due
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as in severely
in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering
if you treat the machine roughly, it will of course break
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severely
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harshly
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oppressively
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hard
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brutally
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hardly
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ill
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sternly
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stiffly
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strongly
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aggressively
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mercilessly
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firmly
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abusively
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ruthlessly
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grimly
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pitilessly
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uncharitably
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unmercifully
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unsparingly
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heartlessly
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savagely
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viciously
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inhumanly
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tyrannically
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inhumanely
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callously
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insensitively
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unfeelingly
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obdurately
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toughly
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decidedly
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insensately
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cold—bloodedly
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brutishly
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resolutely
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determinedly
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hard—heartedly
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assertively
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gruffly
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lightly
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gently
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mildly
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softly
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leniently
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tenderly
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kindly
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lovingly
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graciously
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cordially
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benevolently
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considerately
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clemently
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charitably
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sympathetically
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mercifully
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humanely
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understandingly
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benignantly
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compassionately
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tolerantly
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softheartedly
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gently
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mildly
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softly
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leniently
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tenderly
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kindly
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lovingly
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graciously
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cordially
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benevolently
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considerately
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clemently
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charitably
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sympathetically
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mercifully
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humanely
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understandingly
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benignantly
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compassionately
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tolerantly
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softheartedly
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roughly
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What is another word for roughly?
531 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈʌfli], [ ɹˈʌfli], [ ɹ_ˈʌ_f_l_i]
Related words: roughly translated, the translation is roughly halfway done, how much is roughly equal to, the time difference between now and roughly a year ago, how many songs are there to a rough approximation, how many cups in roughly one gallon, my dreams are all roughly the same
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adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- approximation,
- severely.
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adv
• almost (adverb)
- close upon,
- on the brink of,
- well-nigh,
- all but,
- for the greatest part,
- on the edge of,
- as good as,
- on the verge of,
- for all practical purposes,
- on the point of,
- for practical purposes,
- not far from,
- close to.
• badly (adverb)
- gravely.
• hard (adverb)
- distressingly,
- like fury,
- relentlessly,
- actively,
- spiritedly,
- rowdily,
- cumbrously,
- keenly,
- ponderously,
- tiredly,
- with might,
- uproariously,
- boisterously,
- exhaustingly,
- gruelingly,
- cumbersomely,
- burdensomely,
- Unwieldily,
- agonizingly,
- with all one’s might,
- animatedly,
- rigorously.
• nearly (adverb)
- within a little,
- close but no cigar,
- give or take a little,
- in substance,
- nearabout,
- in essence.
• Other relevant words: (adverb)
- fiercely,
- ungraciously,
- brazenly,
- hard,
- all in all,
- horribly,
- upwards of,
- unsteadily,
- discourteously,
- frighteningly,
- insolently,
- frenziedly,
- on average,
- vulgarly,
- stormily,
- conventionally,
- generally,
- ferociously,
- threateningly,
- very close,
- irresistibly,
- Malignly,
- sassily,
- predominantly,
- more or less,
- almost always,
- as a rule,
- badly,
- curtly,
- in the region of,
- crassly,
- uncivilly,
- in a frenzy,
- disrespectfully,
- round,
- bluntly,
- snootily,
- bumpily,
- indecently,
- boorishly,
- by and large,
- unabashedly,
- crudely,
- on the whole,
- broadly,
- for the most part,
- in the ballpark,
- like cats and dogs,
- uncontrollably,
- venomously,
- choppily,
- tigerishly,
- maleficiently,
- indecorously,
- barbarously,
- artlessly,
- vehemently,
- malevolently,
- turbulently,
- contemptuously,
- with bared teeth.
• severely (adverb)
- critically,
- with an iron hand.
• thereabout (adverb)
- close at hand,
- in the vicinity.
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adv.
• about (adverb)
- practically,
- pretty near,
- somewhere around,
- around.
• almost (adverb)
- wellnigh,
- within sight of,
- in the neighborhood of,
- not quite,
- near to,
- just about,
- in the vicinity of,
- nigh.
• approximately (adverb)
- Proximately,
- in ballpark,
- in region of,
- loosely.
• badly (adverb)
- extremely.
• difficultly (adverb)
- laboriously,
- toughly,
- contrarily,
- Grindingly,
- complicatedly,
- onerously,
- arduously,
- demandingly,
- adversely,
- knottily,
- toilsomely,
- stressfully,
- ticklishly,
- Difficultly,
- strenuously,
- fussily,
- complexly,
- trickily,
- cantankerously,
- tightly,
- tryingly,
- ruggedly,
- wearisomely,
- oppressively,
- troublesomely,
- formidably.
• fiercely (adverb)
- viciously,
- riotously,
- no holds barred,
- terribly,
- like cats dogs,
- tooth nail,
- savagely,
- in frenzy,
- un controllably,
- un-controllably.
• generally (adverb)
- thereabouts,
- as rule,
- overall,
- en masse,
- all all,
- by large,
- habitually,
- on whole,
- ordinarily,
- for most part,
- pre-dominantly,
- pre dominantly,
- largely.
• hard (adverb)
- vivaciously,
- with great effort,
- harder,
- urgently.
• hastily (adverb)
- sketchily.
• more or less (adverb)
- more less.
• nearly (adverb)
- nearly.
• roughly (adverb)
- scratchily.
• rudely (adverb)
- dis-respectfully,
- in decently,
- rudely,
- in-decorously,
- un graciously,
- in decorously,
- un-graciously,
- un-abashedly,
- un abashedly,
- dis respectfully,
- tactlessly,
- dis-courteously,
- un-civilly,
- dis courteously,
- un civilly,
- in-decently.
• unevenly (adverb)
- un steadily,
- un-evenly,
- un-steadily,
- un evenly.
• vulgarly (adverb)
- colloquially,
- inelegantly,
- brutishly,
- grossly,
- unbecomingly,
- offensively,
- unseemly,
- clumsily,
- Rankly,
- gracelessly,
- tastelessly,
- commonly,
- idiomatically,
- garishly,
- profanely,
- repulsively,
- gaudily,
- basely,
- glaringly,
- Rawly,
- ignobly,
- outlandishly,
- indelicately,
- earthily,
- barbarically,
- lowly,
- revoltingly.
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- approximate,
- wrong.
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- brutally,
- cruelly.
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- irregularly,
- unevenly.
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- on the order of.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- quantity.
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prep.
• about (preposition)
- in ball park.
• Other relevant words: (preposition)
- CIRCA,
- in the ball park,
- pretty nearly,
- in neighborhood,
- in the neighborhood,
- about,
- close on,
- in general.
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v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)
- behaviour.
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- questionable,
- imprecision,
- uninformed,
- nominal,
- erroneous,
- imprecise,
- inaccurate,
- nominally,
- APPROX,
- off-beam,
- inexact,
- faulty,
- wrongly,
- arguable,
- incorrect,
- ballpark,
- inaccuracy,
- untrue.
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- sweeping,
- something,
- distantly,
- skewed,
- somewhere,
- anywhere.
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- generalized,
- odd,
- Anything,
- or,
- false.
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- wide,
- crude,
- wild.
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- liberal.
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- out.
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- close.
• Other relevant words:
- approximately,
- coarsely,
- harshly,
- almost.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- ill,
- much,
- vaguely,
- discontinuously,
- exclude,
- or so,
- heartlessly,
- by jerks,
- less,
- rob,
- inaccurately,
- dirtily,
- stony,
- austerely,
- nowhere,
- demeanor,
- leave out,
- jaggedly,
- approximatively,
- normally,
- raucously,
- mostly,
- delete,
- perfunctorily,
- give,
- rough,
- grimly,
- abruptly,
- hurriedly,
- Inconstantly,
- ignore,
- awkwardly,
- deportment,
- earthy,
- intrude,
- huskily,
- infringe,
- somewhat,
- roundly,
- boorish,
- place,
- rambunctiously,
- on balance,
- in spots,
- Desultorily,
- maladroitly,
- aloof,
- grittily,
- sorely,
- conquer,
- hostile,
- foully,
- variably,
- without exception,
- summarily,
- stiffly,
- gross,
- unmercifully,
- spottily,
- grab,
- apprehend,
- scheme,
- environs,
- sporadically,
- thereabout,
- unsympathetically,
- like,
- crass,
- unsystematically,
- at random,
- rustically,
- robustly,
- plunder,
- brutish,
- haltingly,
- Prevailingly,
- raw,
- confiscate,
- common,
- hereabouts,
- barbarous,
- icy,
- abrasively,
- strategy,
- gruffly,
- violate,
- heavily,
- carriage,
- unpredictably,
- uncertainly,
- Brokenly,
- principally,
- antagonistic,
- scant,
- strategics,
- say,
- to,
- intermittently,
- broadly speaking,
- cold,
- ruthlessly,
- neighbourhood,
- most,
- skimpily,
- sourly,
- tactics,
- Rusticly,
- scanty,
- improperly,
- heavy-handedly,
- capriciously,
- manner,
- unpleasant,
- patchily,
- shaggily,
- hardly,
- fervidly,
- Inclemently,
- churlish,
- dirty,
- churlishly,
- broad,
- take,
- nastily,
- stringently,
- jump,
- rude,
- fail,
- slightly,
- sternly,
- mainly,
- straitened,
- bluffly,
- severe,
- behavior,
- generally speaking,
- spasmodically,
- uncivilized,
- blunt,
- seize,
- inexactly,
- strictly,
- altogether,
- receive,
- amateurishly,
- get,
- stratagem,
- sort of,
- invade,
- with difficulty,
- assume,
- rockily,
- approaching,
- chiefly,
- superficially,
- jerkily,
- inefficiently,
- capture,
- erratically,
- vicinage,
- whimsically,
- coarse,
- in the main,
- bearing,
- loutishly,
- Unskilfully,
- Eccentrically,
- inartistically,
- cursorily,
- vulgar,
- by snatches,
- ineptly,
- painfully,
- wildly,
- attitude,
- in snatches,
- encroach,
- district,
- brutal,
- mercilessly,
- in the rough,
- Inhumanly,
- pitilessly,
- poor,
- impolitely,
- Toward,
- sullenly,
- catch,
- region,
- gravelly,
- by fits,
- in round numbers,
- cut,
- as a whole,
- furiously,
- distant,
- something like,
- vicinity,
- more,
- near,
- conduct,
- virtually,
- violently,
- scabrously,
- inexpertly,
- sharply,
- routinely,
- proximity,
- stonily,
- at irregular intervals,
- plan,
- some,
- bawdy,
- uncomfortably,
- neighborhood,
- gratingly,
- by catches,
- fitfully,
- awkward,
- imprecisely,
- completely,
- imperfectly,
- raggedly,
- carry,
- primitively,
- pugnaciously,
- all things considered,
- as an approximation,
- usually,
- forget,
- unmethodically,
- summarize,
- unsparingly,
- unfriendly,
- hoarsely,
- rigidly,
- unkindly,
- omit,
- hastily,
- disconnectedly,
- incompletely,
- uncouthly,
- dourly.
How to use «Roughly» in context?
In any language, there is a great deal of nuance and precision that can be conveyed through the use of modifiers such as «roughly.» Depending on the context, «roughly» can be interpreted as meaning either «roughly» or «approximately.»
For example, if you say to someone, «I knocked your hat off roughly,» you may mean that you knocked the hat off of the person’s head slightly and not violently. However, if you say to someone, «I knocked your hat roughly off your head,» you may mean that you knocked the hat off of the person’s head violently.
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approximately, APPROX.
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about, almost, appreciably, barely, basically, blatantly, broadly, carefully, close, closely, coarsely, comprehensively, considerably, crudely, essentially, fairly, fundamentally, generally, globally, grossly, hardly, harshly, largely, loosely, mostly, much, near, nearly, overall, perhaps, practically, presumably, pretty, probably, relatively, rudely, scarcely, significantly, some, somewhat, substantially, summarily, virtually, Substantively, approximatly, basicaily.
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around.
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Homophones for Roughly:
- richelieu, roselle, rugulah, ruckle, rock wool, regal, reassail, rock oil, rescale, resell, Rakehell, rascally, rehearsal, regosol, rissole, rose oil, richly, raise hell, resole, resale, recall, regalia, resile, russula, rigil, regale, rockwell, recusal, rachel, russell, recycle, rascal, roswell, rakishly, rosilla, roseola, rigel, racial, razzle, reseal, recoil, roccella, rorqual, raucously, rozelle, rashly.