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English adverb: roughly | |||
| 1. | roughly (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, some | ||
| 2. | roughly with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') | ||
| Samples | He was pushed roughly aside. They treated him rough. | ||
| Synonyms | rough | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| 3. | roughly with rough motion as over a rough surface | ||
| Samples | Ride rough. | ||
| Synonyms | rough | ||
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