adverb
- Of quantities. ( imprecise but fairly close to correct)
- usage: "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: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, more or less, around, or so
- With roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'. )
- usage: "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
- synonyms: rough
- With rough motion as over a rough surface.
- usage: "ride rough"
- synonyms: rough
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