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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The exact numbers at the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open vary, but that essential split is roughly a constant.
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Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
But younger millennials — roughly, anyone born in the 1990s — haven’t managed to sway the Academy.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
The storage unit was rented by Jabbar and located roughly a mile from his Houston-area home in Harris County, officials with the FBI’s Houston field office said in a release.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
What To Know The Butler County Coroner's Office confirmed that two men and a woman were discovered dead around 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday at a residence in Butler, located roughly 35 miles north of Pittsburgh.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
But younger millennials — roughly, anyone born in the 1990s — haven’t managed to sway the Academy.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
The storage unit was rented by Jabbar and located roughly a mile from his Houston-area home in Harris County, officials with the FBI’s Houston field office said in a release.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughly. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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