Roughly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roughly \Rough"ly\, adv.
     In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely;
     austerely.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  roughly
       adv 1: (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" [syn: {approximately},
               {about}, {close to}, {just about}, {some}, {more or
              less}, {around}, {or so}]
       2: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant
          for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they
          treated him rough" [syn: {rough}]
       3: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
          [syn: {rough}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  136 Moby Thesaurus words for "roughly":
     about, all but, all in all, all things considered, almost,
     altogether, approximately, approximatively, around, as a rule,
     as a whole, as an approximation, as good as,
     at irregular intervals, at large, at random, austerely, awkwardly,
     badly, broadly, broadly speaking, brokenly, brutally, by and large,
     by catches, by fits, by jerks, by snatches, capriciously, chiefly,
     choppily, clumsily, coarsely, commonly, crassly, crudely, cruelly,
     desultorily, disconnectedly, discontinuously, eccentrically,
     erratically, fitfully, for practical purposes, generally,
     generally speaking, grimly, grossly, haltingly, hardly, harshly,
     heartlessly, improperly, in general, in round numbers, in snatches,
     in spots, in the rough, inartistically, inclemently, inconstantly,
     indecently, indecorously, indelicately, inefficiently, inelegantly,
     ineptly, inexpertly, inhumanly, intermittently, irregularly,
     jaggedly, jerkily, just about, lurchingly, mainly, maladroitly,
     mercilessly, more or less, most, mostly, nearly, nonuniformly,
     normally, off and on, offensively, on balance, on the whole,
     ordinarily, overall, painfully, patchily, pitilessly, practically,
     predominantly, prevailingly, primitively, raggedly, ribaldly,
     rigorously, rough, roughly speaking, roundly, routinely, rudely,
     ruthlessly, savagely, say, severely, spasmodically,
     speaking generally, sporadically, spottily, sternly, stringently,
     uncertainly, uncouthly, unevenly, unkindly, unmercifully,
     unmethodically, unpredictably, unrhythmically, unseemly,
     unsparingly, unsteadily, unsympathetically, unsystematically,
     untastefully, usually, variably, violently, vulgarly, well-nigh,
     whimsically, wobblingly