roughly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
    about; around; some; approximately; just about; or so; more or less; close to.
    • lasted approximately an hour
    • in just about a minute
    • he's about 30 years old
    • I've had about all I can stand
    • we meet about once a month
    • some forty people came
    • weighs around a hundred pounds
    • roughly $3,000
    • holds 3 gallons, more or less
    • 20 or so people were at the party
  2. adverb with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
    rough.
    • he was pushed roughly aside
    • they treated him rough
  3. adverb with rough motion as over a rough surface
    rough.
    • ride rough

WordNet


Rough"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.

Webster 1913