Roughly

Quick meaning: Roughly is an adverb meaning In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.

Meaning

In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.

More Meanings

1. Unevenly or irregularly.
2. Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.

Example Sentences

Satanism can be divided, roughly, into two branches: the Luciferians and the Palladists.

They treated the prisoners roughly [...] slashing pitilessly with their whips to drive them as wretched animals before them.

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.

Word Forms

• roughlier
• roughliest

Synonyms for roughly

Depending on context, synonyms include harshly, rudely, severely, austerely, about, almost.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rough, around, about, approximately, some, harshly.

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