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roughly

rough·ly [ rúfflee ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
1. approximately: as a fairly close estimate, or in a manner that is broadly correct but without any claim to exactness
Roughly one-third of the funding comes from government.

2. violently or rudely: in a violent way or a manner lacking in gentleness and politeness
shoved him roughly to one side

3. crudely: in a crude, preliminary, or incomplete way
sketched the design out roughly on a scrap of paper

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