roughly

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adverb (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
adverb with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
adverb with rough motion as over a rough surface

From rough + -ly.

“Hand it over,” he said roughly. — Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dan threw the men roughly aside. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
The youth roughly pushed his friend away. — The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, Stephen Crane

approximately, about, close to, just about, some, more or less, around, or so

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