"roughly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈɹʌf.li/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-roughly.ogg [US] Forms: roughlier [comparative], more roughly [comparative], roughliest [superlative], most roughly [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌfli Etymology: rough + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rough|ly}} rough + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} roughly (comparative roughlier or more roughly, superlative roughliest or most roughly)
  1. In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness. Synonyms: harshly, rudely, severely, austerely Translations (in a rough manner): грубо (grubo) (Bulgarian), grossament (Catalan), hrubě (Czech), karkeasti (Finnish), kovaa (Finnish), karheasti (Finnish), rudement (French), უხეშად (uxešad) (Georgian), grob (German), durván (Hungarian), gorombán (Hungarian), nyersen (Hungarian), asperē (Latin), tʼáá naʼńleʼee (Navajo), rudemente (Portuguese), precariamente (Portuguese), a grosso modo (Portuguese), гру́бо (grúbo) (Russian), रभसा (rabhasā) (Sanskrit), kabaca (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-roughly-en-adv-htWNmlhY Disambiguation of 'in a rough manner': 97 0 3
  2. Unevenly or irregularly. Translations (unevenly): неравно (neravno) (Bulgarian), grofweg (Dutch), karkeasti (Finnish), approximativement (French), uneben (German), durván (Hungarian), egyenetlenül (Hungarian), aprprossimativamente (Italian), a grosso modo (Italian), aproximadamente (Portuguese), a grosso modo (Portuguese), неро́вно (neróvno) (Russian), гру́бо (grúbo) (Russian), aproximadamente (Spanish), ungefär (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-roughly-en-adv-k4i~uWx1 Disambiguation of 'unevenly': 5 85 10
  3. Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately. Synonyms: approximately
    Sense id: en-roughly-en-adv-lMXBO0zm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 34 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 24 31 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: roughly speaking

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