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roughly
adverb
1 roughly
of quantities Imprecise but fairly close to correct:
— Roughly $3,000.
synonyms: about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, some.
Roget 197:
near,
nigh;
hard by,
fast by;
close to,
close upon;
hard upon;
at the point of;
next door to;
within reach,
within call,
within hearing,
within earshot;
within an ace of;
but a step,
not far from,
at no great distance;
on the verge of,
on the brink of,
on the skirts of;
in the environs
etc.
n.;
at one's door,
at one's feet,
at one's elbow,
at one's finger's end,
at one's side;
on the tip of one's tongue;
under one's nose;
within a stone's throw
etc.
n.;
in sight of,
in presence of;
at close quarters;
cheek by jole†,
cheek by jowl;
beside,
alongside,
side by side,
tete-a-tete;
in juxtaposition
etc.
(touching)
199;
yardarm to yardarm,
at the heels of;
on the confines of,
at the threshold,
bordering upon,
verging to;
in the way.
about;
hereabouts,
thereabouts;
roughly,
in round numbers;
approximately,
approximatively†;
as good as,
well-nigh.
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2 roughly
With roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'):
— He was pushed roughly aside.
synonym: rough.
3 roughly
With rough motion as over a rough surface.
synonym: rough.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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