ROUGHLY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

roughly

adverb

ˈrə-flē

Definition of roughly

as in approximately

close to but not exactly roughly 80% of the country's population is of that faith

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Relevance

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as in severely

in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering if you treat the machine roughly, it will of course break

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Recent Examples of roughly According to officials, the disaster occurred in north-central Nepal when a distant slope failure involving a glacier triggered a rapidly moving debris flow that traveled roughly 62 miles downstream before striking a populated area. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 When her grandparents once ran a restaurant and lived in the massive apartment above it, her grandmother kept a row of personalized bunnies on top of a roughly 7-foot pony wall, with one representing each family member. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 The agency typically processes immediate relative petitions for green cards from abroad roughly in the order they are received. — Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Operating at scale, Shein offered more than 2 million product listings as of March 2026, adding roughly 4,700 items a day while keeping unsold inventory in the low-single digits, according to the company’s prospectus. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roughly

Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughly

Adverb

Centcom forces have helped facilitate the transit of approximately 1,500 commercial vessels and 750 million barrels of crude oil over the past several months, Cooper said.

— Sam Meredith,Lim Hui Jie,Mike Sheen, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The wheel, approximately a foot and a half in diameter, weighed 150 to 200 pounds.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of approximately

Adverb

Ford Motor is increasing production of its crucial F-Series trucks after fires at an aluminum supplier severely impacted output over the past year.

— Michael Wayland, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
The water supply system for the park was also severely damaged, along with part of a new $208 million water pipeline project that was underway near the ranch.

— Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of severely

Adverb

The cutting should root in about a month and will require several hours of direct sunlight or a grow light each day to last through winter.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
Winner had a choice Johnson lives in Goldston and has taught middle school for about 20 years.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of about

Adverb

Yust also alleges prosecutorial misconduct, arguing that a prosecutor improperly urged jurors to sentence him more harshly because of the emotional impact of the trial on them.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
She was especially hurt that some of the people who criticized Cox most harshly, dismissing him as craven and disingenuous, were those who had the closest relationships with him.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of harshly

Adverb

For all the headlines of the past month, not having general manager Mike Lombardi (who’s on administrative leave) around on a game day is probably a net positive for UNC football.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
So the first-year guard had to wait around and trust that his new team would figure out a way to get him in the door.

— Tony East, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of around

Adverb

The summer had seen Europe endure an oppressively dry, hot summer, which had seen wildfires spring up across the continent.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
After a bit of a reprieve from an oppressively hot summer, another heat wave is set to scorch Southern California this week.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of oppressively

Adverb

Sandra Bullock's brutally honest daughter is all for her mother dating again.

— Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Unlike in Libya, where Moammar Gadhafi and his son Mutassim were captured and killed by rebels within months, the Assad regime retained its grip on power for years, brutally crushing protesters in the process.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of brutally

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