1
: in a rough manner: such as
a
: with harshness or violence
treated the prisoner roughly
b
: in crude fashion : imperfectly
roughly dressed lumber
2
: without completeness or exactness : approximately
roughly 20 percent
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Examples of roughly in a Sentence
Roughly translated, it means “hurry up!”.
The new product is modeled roughly on an earlier design.
He threw the package roughly in the truck.
The guard told us roughly that we had to stand back.
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To date, roughly 700 workers have already been hired.
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Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2024
The Paleolithic Cavemen personify the Paleolithic, a roughly 2 million-year-long stretch that saw the ancestors of humans — and then anatomically modern humans themselves — invent tools as their technical acumen grew.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2024
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Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2024
The Paleolithic Cavemen personify the Paleolithic, a roughly 2 million-year-long stretch that saw the ancestors of humans — and then anatomically modern humans themselves — invent tools as their technical acumen grew.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2024
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughly. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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