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UK
/ɹˈʌfli/
]
[ US /ˈɹəfɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈɹəfɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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with rough motion as over a rough surface
ride rough -
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
he was pushed roughly aside
they treated him rough -
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
he's about 30 years old
lasted approximately an hour
I've had about all I can stand
roughly $3,000
some forty people came
20 or so people were at the party
holds 3 gallons, more or less
weighs around a hundred pounds
in just about a minute
we meet about once a month
How To Use roughly In A Sentence
- I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
- I could perceive no trace of a metallic vein, so thoroughly had it been worked out, but scattered over the hillside with schist, talcose slate, and fragments of quartz, was a great deal of scoriae, showing that metal of some kind had been excavated, and that the smelting had been done on the spot. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine
- The near-constant depth of the abyssal sea floor indicates that the lithosphere thickens to roughly 100 km in 70 million years, but then ceases to grow.
- If you want the greatest nutritional value from your corn, how should you eat it: raw, quickly steamed or thoroughly cooked?
- The state has anted up $40 million for salary increases, but, in a program similar to Cincinnati's, Iowa will now evaluate teachers thoroughly to make sure the extra dough goes only to the good classroom performers, not the duds.
- I'm afraid that's my training; always reconnoitre thoroughly. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
- The woman is white, in her late twenties to early thirties, roughly five feet five inches tall and of medium build.
- Applicants for government posts are always thoroughly investigated before being appointed.
- Part 6 of the Shadow of the Bat (27: 00) takes another thoroughly extensive featurette that concentrates on dissecting the "toyetic" nature of DVD Talk
- Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure. Thomas A. Edison