Definitions for Roughly
rough·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb

   (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

   "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"

2. roughly, roughadverb

   with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

   "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"

3. roughly, roughadverb

   with rough motion as over a rough surface

   "ride rough"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. roughlyadverb

   In a rough manner.

2. roughlyadverb

   Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.

3. roughlyadverb

   Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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1. roughly

   Roughly is an adverb that is usually used to indicate an approximate amount, value, level, or degree, without being precise or exact. It can also refer to doing something in a manner lacking gentleness or finesse, or in a quick and hasty way.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Roughlyadverb

   in a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Roughly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4251

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Roughly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2363

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Roughly' in Adverbs Frequency: #275

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How to pronounce Roughly?

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How to say Roughly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Roughly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Roughly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Roughly in a Sentence

1. Thomas Walpole:

   Yes it is slightly above target. Our smelter this year will roughly do 760,000 tonnes, we have seen consistent performance in the last six months.

2. Daniel Getz:

   We're declining roughly half of our patients at this point due to capacity, and we've done a lot of things to try to increase capacity, historically we're roughly able to accept 90 % of transfer requests from our communities to bring patients in.

3. Army Secretary John McHugh:

   Right now we're paying about $500 million a year, roughly, just to maintain empty infrastructure, unused infrastructure.

4. Aaron White:

   Having food in your stomach while drinking can reduce your peak blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) by roughly a third.

5. George Rogers:

   In the donor, theres removal of roughly half to 60 percent of an otherwise healthy individuals liver.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Roughly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Roughly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Roughly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Roughly
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Roughly