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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Fabric giant Joann is going out of business and closing all of its roughly 800 stores across the U.S. after more than 80 years as a major national retailer.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
Then a group of visionaries decided to build a replica of an ancient sailing canoe, like the ones the first Hawaiians traveled on to reach the archipelago roughly 1,500 years ago.
—Brianna Randall, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Of the 22 questions DeCosta was asked in a news conference that lasted roughly 18 minutes, six of them were about Tucker’s status or the team’s position.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Milling-Stanley pointed out that gold hit $2,000 per ounce just one year ago — roughly five years after the asset broke above the $1,000 resistance level.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
Then a group of visionaries decided to build a replica of an ancient sailing canoe, like the ones the first Hawaiians traveled on to reach the archipelago roughly 1,500 years ago.
—Brianna Randall, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Of the 22 questions DeCosta was asked in a news conference that lasted roughly 18 minutes, six of them were about Tucker’s status or the team’s position.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Milling-Stanley pointed out that gold hit $2,000 per ounce just one year ago — roughly five years after the asset broke above the $1,000 resistance level.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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