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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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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At the time, the NFL team was spending big on Santa Clara’s mayoral election — shelling out more than $1.4 million in support of Becker, and another roughly $1 million opposing Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s reelection bid.
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Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
That’s roughly the same microwave wavelength that radar operated in.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
In a study published on November 14th in Geochemical Perspective Letters, the experts explained that isotopic dating and analysis provides chemical evidence that the Lafayette Meteorite mostly likely interacted with liquid water while the rock first formed roughly 742 million years ago.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Goldman said its forecast would be roughly 4 percentage points higher (7% instead of 3%) if the market were not so concentrated, with a baseline range of 3% to 11% growth instead of a possible -1% to 7% over the next decade.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
That’s roughly the same microwave wavelength that radar operated in.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
In a study published on November 14th in Geochemical Perspective Letters, the experts explained that isotopic dating and analysis provides chemical evidence that the Lafayette Meteorite mostly likely interacted with liquid water while the rock first formed roughly 742 million years ago.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Goldman said its forecast would be roughly 4 percentage points higher (7% instead of 3%) if the market were not so concentrated, with a baseline range of 3% to 11% growth instead of a possible -1% to 7% over the next decade.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughly. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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