roughly, adv.
freq. cnt. 11
freq. cnt. 11
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 118 freq. cnt.: 55 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
about approximately around close to just about more or less or so roughly some
sample sentences
"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"
with rough motion as over a rough surface
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
rough roughly
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
rough roughly
sample sentences
"he was pushed roughly aside""they treated him rough"
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