roughly

  • (r) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
    • 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
    about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, some, around,
  • (r) with roughness or violence ("rough" is an informal variant for "roughly")
    • he was pushed roughly aside
    • they treated him rough
    rough,
  • (r) with rough motion as over a rough surface
    • ride rough
    rough,

Synonyms

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

Words of close approximity

roughen