roughly
UK/ˈɹʌf.li/
roughly adverb: in a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.
Adverb
roughly (comparative roughlier or more roughly, superlative roughliest or most roughly)
- In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.
- They treated the prisoners roughly [...] slashing pitilessly with their whips to drive them as wretched animals before them.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 60
- Unevenly or irregularly.
- Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.
- Satanism can be divided, roughly, into two branches: the Luciferians and the Palladists.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 259
- Of the roughly 400 emerging infectious diseases that have been identified since 1940, more than 60% are zoonotic: ie they came from animals. Throughout history this has been common.2013 December 6, Alok Jha, “A deadly disease could travel at jet speed around the world. How do we stop it in time?”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 26, page 27
- Synonyms:
- -ish, about, all but, almost, approaching, around, by and large, circa, close, close to
roughly meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
roughly in Tamil
- பருமட்டாக, பரும்படியாக
roughly in Marathi
- roughly, approximately, about
- अंदाजे andāj̈e, सुमारे sumāre
roughly in Urdu
- اندازاً, تقریباً
roughly in Bengali
- স্থূলত
More languagesFewer languages
- roughly in Malayalam
- പരുപരുപ്പമായി, നിർമ്മര്യാദമായി, ഏതാണ്ട്
- roughly in Kannada
- ಒರಟಾಗಿ, ಬೆಟ್ಟನೆ, ಬಿರುಸಾಗಿ, ಒಡ್ಡೊಡ್ಡಾಗಿ
- roughly in Sanskrit
- रभसा rabhasā
Examples of roughly in a sentence
- Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
- Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.
- The defenders' knowledge of the terrain roughly counterbalances the attackers' superior equipment.
Synonyms of roughly
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Forms of roughly
| comparative | roughlier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more roughly |
| superlative | roughliest |
| superlative | most roughly |
Origin of roughly
From rough + -ly.
Words formed from roughly
Words that rhyme with roughly
Questions about roughly
- What does roughly mean?
- Roughly means in a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.
- What is roughly in Tamil?
- Roughly in Tamil is பருமட்டாக, பரும்படியாக. See Roughly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is roughly?
- Roughly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce roughly?
- Roughly is pronounced /ˈɹʌf.li/ (UK).
Words near roughly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: roughly (page history and authors); roughly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अंदाजे (Marathi) (page history and authors); roughly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); roughly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); roughly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); roughly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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