1
: in a rough manner: such as
a
: with harshness or violence
treated the prisoner roughly
b
: in crude fashion : imperfectly
roughly dressed lumber
2
: without completeness or exactness : approximately
roughly 20 percent
Examples of roughly in a Sentence
Roughly translated, it means “hurry up!”.
The new product is modeled roughly on an earlier design.
He threw the package roughly in the truck.
The guard told us roughly that we had to stand back.
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United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents about 37,000 teachers, and SEIU Local 99, which represents roughly 30,000 school support staff, have already set April 14 as a potential strike date if contract agreements are not reached with the district.
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But the memo indicates homelessness spending might not be as vulnerable to cuts as other programs because the city now has roughly $33 million in hotel tax revenue to spend each year on homelessness.
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The skeleton was discovered 26 feet below the surface, roughly 656 feet into a cave in Mexico’s cenote system.
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april 4, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The sliding of scale of benefits was designed so people who took Social Security at different ages would reap roughly the same benefits over their lifetimes.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
But the memo indicates homelessness spending might not be as vulnerable to cuts as other programs because the city now has roughly $33 million in hotel tax revenue to spend each year on homelessness.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The skeleton was discovered 26 feet below the surface, roughly 656 feet into a cave in Mexico’s cenote system.
—Ryan Brennan
april 4, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The sliding of scale of benefits was designed so people who took Social Security at different ages would reap roughly the same benefits over their lifetimes.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughly. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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