roughly
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Britannica Dictionary definition of ROUGHLY
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:
not exactly but close in number, quality, meaning, etc.
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Roughly translated, it means “hurry up!”
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The new product is modeled roughly on an earlier design.
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Roughly [=approximately] 20 percent of our land is farmland.
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[more roughly; most roughly]
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in a way that is not gentle or careful
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He threw the package roughly in the truck.
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The guard told us roughly that we had to stand back.
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He pushed her roughly.
b
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in a very simple or basic way
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a roughly [=crudely] built shelter
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roughly sketched drawings
c
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in a way that produces a rough surface
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roughly cut timber
