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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (3)

1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
- Example: "lasted approximately an hour"
- Example: "in just about a minute"
- Example: "he's about 30 years old"
- Example: "I've had about all I can stand"
- Example: "we meet about once a month"
- Example: "some forty people came"
- Example: "weighs around a hundred pounds"
- Example: "roughly $3,000"
- Example: "holds 3 gallons, more or less"
- Example: "20 or so people were at the party"
[syn: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so]

2. with roughness or violence (`rough'; is an informal variant for `roughly');
- Example: "he was pushed roughly aside"
- Example: "they treated him rough"
[syn: roughly, rough]

3. with rough motion as over a rough surface;
- Example: "ride rough"
[syn: roughly, rough]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Roughly \Rough"ly\, adv.
   In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely;
   austerely.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

roughly
    adv 1: (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" [syn: approximately, about,
           close to, just about, some, roughly, more or
           less, around, or so]
    2: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant
       for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated
       him rough" [syn: roughly, rough]
    3: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" [syn:
       roughly, rough]