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English Dictionary: Roughly by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Roughly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roughly
adv
  1. (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"
    Synonym(s): approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so
  2. with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
    Synonym(s): roughly, rough
  3. with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
    Synonym(s): roughly, rough
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roughly \Rough"ly\, adv.
      In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely;
      austerely.
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