roughly - Definition and Meaning

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(adverb)

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in a manner lacking gentleness; harshly or violently

examples

the man picked me up roughly

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(adverb)

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in a manner lacking refinement and precision

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people were crouching over roughly built brick fireplaces

(adverb)

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approximately

examples

this is a walk of roughly 13 miles

the narrative is, roughly speaking, contemporary with the earliest of the gospels

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