Definitions for roughly
rough·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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"

2. roughly, roughadverb

   with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

   "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"

3. roughly, roughadverb

   with rough motion as over a rough surface

   "ride rough"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. roughlyadverb

   In a rough manner.

2. roughlyadverb

   Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.

3. roughlyadverb

   Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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1. roughly

   Roughly is an adverb that is usually used to indicate an approximate amount, value, level, or degree, without being precise or exact. It can also refer to doing something in a manner lacking gentleness or finesse, or in a quick and hasty way.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Roughlyadverb

   in a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'roughly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4251

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'roughly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2363

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'roughly' in Adverbs Frequency: #275

How to pronounce roughly?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say roughly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of roughly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of roughly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of roughly in a Sentence

1. Paul Nolte:

   We're in a window right now of roughly between 2,000 and 2,050 (for the S&P) that is fairly important for the market. That's the point at which the market broke down in August. If we can hold above 2,000, that would be good thing.

2. Morgan Sword:

   It’s a direct response to the escalating strikeout rate, where you’re giving the hitter approximately one one-hundreth of a second of additional time to decide whether to swing at a pitch, which has the effect just in terms of reaction time of reducing the effective velocity of a pitch by roughly 1.5 mph, the purpose of the test and hope is giving hitters even that tiny additional piece of time will allow them to make more contact and reduce the strikeout rate.

3. Attila Holoda:

   The costs of the construction would have totalled several tens of billions of forints, roughly around 100 billion HUF ($403-604 million).

4. Wolfgang Koester:

   If we have a similar movement to last year, then we're going to have roughly a $28-billion hit to corporate America.

5. Gary Somerset:

   In 1994, we were producing 20,000 copies a day of both the Federal Register and Congressional Record. Twenty years later, we produce roughly 2,500 print copies a day.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=roughly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Roughly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=roughly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughly