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roughly
- /ˈɹʌf.li/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ʌfli
adverb roughlier · more roughly · roughliest · most roughly
- In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness. They treated the prisoners roughly [...] slashing pitilessly with their whips to drive them as wretched animals before them.
- Unevenly or irregularly.
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Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.
Satanism can be divided, roughly, into two branches: the Luciferians and the Palladists.
Similar: -ish, about, all but, almost, approaching, around, by and large, circa, close, close to, essentially, for all practical purposes
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Closest in meaning: rough, around, about, just about, close to, approximately, some, or so, harshly, brutally, crudely, rudely, coarsely, grossly, hardly, barely
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adv in a rough manner
| Español | toscamente |
|---|---|
| Português | rudemente, precariamente, a grosso modo |
| Français | rudement |
| Deutsch | grob |
| Русский | гру́бо grúbo |
adv unevenly
| Português | aproximadamente, a grosso modo |
|---|---|
| Français | approximativement |
| Deutsch | uneben |
| Italiano | aprprossimativamente, a grosso modo |
| Русский | неро́вно neróvno, гру́бо grúbo |
adv approximately
| Español | a grandes rasgos |
|---|
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