1
: in a rough manner: such as
a
: with harshness or violence
treated the prisoner roughly
b
: in crude fashion : imperfectly
roughly dressed lumber
2
: without completeness or exactness : approximately
roughly 20 percent
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Examples of roughly in a Sentence
Roughly translated, it means “hurry up!”.
The new product is modeled roughly on an earlier design.
He threw the package roughly in the truck.
The guard told us roughly that we had to stand back.
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The police officer pay raises will help prevent the city’s roughly 1,850 officers from leaving to become county sheriff’s deputies, said Jared Wilson, president of the San Diego Police Officers Association labor union.
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
Scattered across a roughly 50-foot-long and 10-foot-tall rock surface, archaeologists found about 30 ancient carvings, the university said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
Right now, the Biden administration is processing roughly 1,500 migrants at these official crossings each day, mostly under a system powered by a smartphone app that distributes appointments to those waiting in Mexico.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 3 June 2024
Even today, walking into one of the roughly 40 remaining Bartell’s feels like entering a time portal to the days of soda fountains and the neighborhood pharmacist who knew your kids’ names and the dates of their last colds: friendly clerks, folksy signs, aisles full of toys and chocolates.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 June 2024
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
Scattered across a roughly 50-foot-long and 10-foot-tall rock surface, archaeologists found about 30 ancient carvings, the university said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
Right now, the Biden administration is processing roughly 1,500 migrants at these official crossings each day, mostly under a system powered by a smartphone app that distributes appointments to those waiting in Mexico.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 3 June 2024
Even today, walking into one of the roughly 40 remaining Bartell’s feels like entering a time portal to the days of soda fountains and the neighborhood pharmacist who knew your kids’ names and the dates of their last colds: friendly clerks, folksy signs, aisles full of toys and chocolates.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 June 2024
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughly. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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