roughly

adverb

rough·​ly ˈrə-flē 

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

Synonyms of roughly

• approximately
• about
• around

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The company said its team can currently build a robot in about a day, with a target of reducing the process to roughly an hour next year. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

An introduction involving Spider-Man and a tank expanded from a handful of words into 11 shots and roughly 52 seconds of footage. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Before the current attacks, the airport handled roughly 110,000 passengers a day — similar in scale to Miami International airport. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

The disease will affect roughly one in eight women in the United States at some point, and diagnoses are showing up more often in women under 50. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for roughly

• gruffly