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. 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.

2. Paul Nolte:

   We're in a window right now of roughly between 2,000 and 2,050 (for the S&P) that is fairly important for the market. That's the point at which the market broke down in August. If we can hold above 2,000, that would be a good thing.

3. Gary Somerset:

   In 1994, we were producing 20,000 copies a day of both the Federal Register and Congressional Record. Twenty years later, we produce roughly 2,500 print copies a day.

4. Mobin Saulat:

   This expansion will have a huge impact, we are looking at roughly enough gas supply to take care of the existing shortfall.

5. Claudio Borio:

   The financial vulnerabilities in emerging market economies have not gone away, the stock of dollar-denominated debt, which has roughly doubled since early 2009 to over $ 3 trillion, is still there.