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roughly |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roughly \Rough"ly\, adv In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely. From WordNet r 1.6 [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; "he was pushed roughly aside"; (`rough' is informal as in "they treated him rough") [syn: {rough}] 3: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" [syn: {rough}]
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