roughly

English

Etymology

rough +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɹʌf.li/

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Adverb

roughly (comparative roughlier or more roughly, superlative roughliest or most roughly)

1. In a rough manner.
2. Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
3. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.

Synonyms

• approximately, around, near, nearly, almost, about, loosely, circa

Translations

in a rough manner

• Czech: hrubě (cs)
• French: rudement (fr)
• Georgian: უხეშად (ka) (uxešad)

• Hungarian: durván (hu)
• Portuguese: rudemente, precariamente
• Russian: грубо (ru) (grúbo)

unevenly

• Dutch: grofweg (nl)
• French: approximativement (fr)
• Hungarian: durván (hu)

• Italian: aprprossimativamente, a grosso modo
• Portuguese: aproximadamente, a grosso modo
• Russian: неровно (ru) (neróvno), грубо (ru) (grúbo)

approximately

• Czech: zhruba (cs)
• Finnish: suurinpiirtein (fi)

• Hungarian: durván (hu)
• Russian: приблизительно (ru) (priblizítelʹno), примерно (ru) (primérno), грубо (ru) (grúbo)