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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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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In recent years, patients have typically spent roughly seven hours at the Loma Linda emergency department before leaving, data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show.
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Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
They’re followed by roughly 10% allocations in industrials and information technology.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
That would be a roughly sixfold increase over 2015, the year before the fentanyl crisis began.
—Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Located roughly 150 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens, UGC 10043 is one of the somewhat rare spiral galaxies that are seen edge-on.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
They’re followed by roughly 10% allocations in industrials and information technology.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
That would be a roughly sixfold increase over 2015, the year before the fentanyl crisis began.
—Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Located roughly 150 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens, UGC 10043 is one of the somewhat rare spiral galaxies that are seen edge-on.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughly. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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