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
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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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Trump also ordered his Justice Department to take steps to throw out all pending indictments against Jan. 6 defendants whose cases have not yet been fully adjudicated — a decision that would shut down roughly 470 ongoing cases.
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Their total yield should roughly match that of comparable maturity Treasurys over time if inflation unfolds as expected.
—Alex Shahidi, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The layoffs at roughly two dozen local television stations stretching from Massachusetts to Hawaii will impact at least 50 meteorologists, according to a person familiar with the matter.
—Liam Reilly, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Between 2010 and 2014, roughly 7 percent of children in the state — or about 280,000 kids — were U.S. citizens living with at least one undocumented family member, according to a study from the American Immigration Council, a Washington think tank and immigration advocacy group.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Their total yield should roughly match that of comparable maturity Treasurys over time if inflation unfolds as expected.
—Alex Shahidi, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The layoffs at roughly two dozen local television stations stretching from Massachusetts to Hawaii will impact at least 50 meteorologists, according to a person familiar with the matter.
—Liam Reilly, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Between 2010 and 2014, roughly 7 percent of children in the state — or about 280,000 kids — were U.S. citizens living with at least one undocumented family member, according to a study from the American Immigration Council, a Washington think tank and immigration advocacy group.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughly. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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