roughly
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}, {roughly}, {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: {roughly}, {rough}]
3: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" [syn:
{roughly}, {rough}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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