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roughly

Not exactly, about.

Meanings of «roughly»

1 · adverb

not exactly, about

The trip will take roughly two hours by car.

2 · adverb

in a harsh or careless way

He grabbed my arm roughly and pulled me back.

Similar: harshlycarelesslyforcefully

Translation

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«roughly» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
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ES Español
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FR Français
HI हिन्दी
ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
RO Română
RU Русский
TH ไทย
TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
VI Tiếng Việt

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The difference between similar words

not exactly, but close to a number
roughlynot exact; a little more or lessIt is roughly ten miles to town.
approximatelyformalclose to the exact number; more formalThe trip takes approximately two hours.
aroundabout; used with numbers and timesI woke up around seven.

Word family

rough B1 · adjectiveroughly B1 · adverbroughness B2 · nounroughen C1 · verb