roughly
pronunciation
How to pronounce roughly in British English:
UK [ˈrʌfli]
How to pronounce roughly in American English:
US [ˈrʌfli]
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- Adverb:
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
- with rough motion as over a rough surface
Word Origin
- roughly (adv.)
- c. 1300, "ungently, violently," from rough (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "approximately, without precision or exactness" is from 1841.
Example
- 1. Roughly half the population was eligible to vote .
- 2. The rest of his side was roughly as expected .
- 3. Americans spend roughly 37 billion hours each year waiting in line .
- 4. Atlanta and barcelona have roughly the same population .
- 5. Researchers use the terms east and west very roughly .