roughly

adverb

Near to in quantity or amount: about, almost, approximately, nearly. Idioms: on the order of. See near/far/distance.

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The adverb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
  Synonyms: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, more or less, around, or so

Meaning #2: with roughness or violence; (`rough' is informal as in"they treated him rough")
  Synonym: rough
  Derived from adjective: rough (meaning #7)

Meaning #3: with rough motion as over a rough surface
  Synonym: rough
  Derived from adjective: rough (meaning #1)

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Common misspelling(s) of roughly

• rougly

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - groft, omtrent, cirka

Nederlands (Dutch)
ruw, ongeveer, ruwweg

Français (French)
adv. - grossièrement, rapidement, à peu près, en gros, approximativement

Deutsch (German)
adv. - roh, grob, ungefähr

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - πρόχειρα, δυνατά, περίπου, πάνω-κάτω, σκαιώς, βίαια

Italiano (Italian)
ferocemente, grossolanamente, circa, irregolarmente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - asperamente, grosseiramente, aproximadamente

Русский (Russian)
грубо, приблизительно, начерно, небрежно

Español (Spanish)
adv. - brutalmente, rudamente, aproximadamente, en líneas generales, desigualmente

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - ungefär, grovt (tillyxad)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
概略地, 粗糙地, 大体上地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 概略地, 粗糙地, 大體上地

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 거칠게, 난폭하게, 대충

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - おおよそ, 手荒く, 不作法に, 粗く, 粗削りに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بخشونه, تقريبا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮באופן גס, בערך, בגסות‬

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