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adv
In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: harshly, rudely, severely, austerely
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Unevenly or irregularly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: -ish, about, all but, almost, approaching, around, by and large, circa, close, close to, essentially, for all practical purposes, fornigh, give or take, imprecisely, just about, kind of, loosely, more or less, nearly, near, nearabout, nigh on, odd, or so, plus or minus, roundly, roughly, say, some, -some, sort of, thereabout, virtually, well-nigh, ±
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, more or less, around, or so
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
with rough motion as over a rough surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: rough
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: rough
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English rough Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English roughly From rough + -ly.
Across languages
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
