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'roughly' in a sentence

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roughly adverb

: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

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

: with rough motion as over a rough surface


  • Asia is roughly four times the size of Europe.
  • Roughly half of America's fruits and vegetables come from California.
  • I'm roughly the same age as you.
  • We both arrived roughly at the same time.
  • You can speak roughly forty different languages.
  • The children treated the books roughly.
  • Roughly speaking, a doctor repairs people.
  • Roughly speaking, there were about 30 people in the bus.
  • Roughly speaking, the seasons in England correspond with those in Japan.
  • Don't handle these tools roughly.
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