Synonyms for roughly
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1. roughlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   approximately

2. roughlyadverb

   In a rough manner.

   Synonyms:
   approximately

3. roughlyadverb

   Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.

   Synonyms:
   approximately

4. roughlyadverb

   Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.

   Synonyms:
   approximately

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   well-nigh, rough, virtually, somewhat, slightly, or so, just about, some, nigh, most, about, nearly, more or less, almost, near, approximately, around, close to, round

2. roughly, roughadverb

   with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

   "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"

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

3. roughly, roughadverb

   with rough motion as over a rough surface

   "ride rough"

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "roughly":

   approximately, around, about, almost, nearly, some, virtually, broadly, coarsely, near

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1. Elliott Main:

   United States are a hard group to study because United States are rare, roughly 1 to 2 per every 10,000 births.

2. General Flynn:

   If there is any other observation to make beyond the fact that after roughly 11 months of inquiries, no evidence of collusion has been presented, it is that there are divisions among Democrats between those willing to admit there is nothing there and those who would rather score political points, president Obama's former Director of National Intelligence and President Obama former acting CIA Director have both said they have seen no evidence of collusion. James Clapper repeated James Clapper assertion today.

3. Jay Rosen:

   Rather than two roughly equal parties fighting it out for advantage, we now have a radical imbalance between the two parties. One is normal. And by normal, I don’t mean angelic or that it has all the answers, or it’s the one right way to go, but it’s just a normal party. The Democratic Party looks roughly like what we expect our major parties to be.

4. Mayor Starke:

   We're talking here about some 25,000 jobs in the region; that's roughly 15% of the overall workforce, this shows how dependent the region is on combustion engines.

5. Gary Peters:

   We're also looking at some intelligence failures, and some recommendations roughly regarding the National Guard, but it's meant to be an opportunity to look at some quick recommendations for some relatively quick action to make sure that we're safeguarding the Capitol, we're dealing with a very complex issue here that, and the more folks that are looking into it the better, because ultimately, we want to make sure that what we saw happen on January 6th never happens again.