All roughly synonyms
rough
R r adv roughly
- gravely β Samuel L(ee), Jr. 1922β2004, U.S. naval officer: first black admiral.
- conventionally β conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- in the ballpark β a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- ferociously β savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- all but β All but a particular person or thing means everyone or everything except that person or thing.
- fiercely β menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- barbarously β uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
- irresistibly β not resistible; incapable of being resisted or withstood: an irresistible impulse.
- hard β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- approximately β close to; around; roughly or in the region of
- frighteningly β to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- choppily β (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- malevolently β wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- by and large β You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
- in essence β the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
- contemptuously β showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
- curtly β rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
- as a rule β If you say that something happens as a rule, you mean that it usually happens.
- close at hand β lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- actively β engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- boisterously β rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
- all in all β You use all in all to introduce a summary or general statement.
- loosely β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- critically β inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- as good as β 'As good as' can be used to mean 'almost.'
- for the most part β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- distressingly β great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- in the neighborhood of β the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- nearly β all but; almost: nearly dead with cold.
- animatedly β full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous: an animated debate on the death penalty.
adverb roughly
- imprecisely β In an imprecise manner.
- frenziedly β In a frenzied manner.
- wildly β living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- keenly β finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- heavily β with a great weight or burden: a heavily loaded wagon.
- hoarsely β having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- artlessly β In an artless manner.
- inexactly β In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.
- craggily β full of crags.
- abrasively β in an abrupt manner
- abusively β using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
- discourteously β In a discourteous manner.
- malignly β In a malign manner.
- weightily β In a weighty manner; ponderously; forcibly.
- agonisingly β Alternative spelling of agonizingly.
- croakily β In a croaky manner.
- cumbersomely β In a cumbersome way.
prep roughly
- in general β of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.
conjunction roughly
- or β a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either or both operands are positive.