roughly

1. 1.

   (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”

   Synonymsapproximatelyaboutclose tojust aboutsomemore or lessaroundor so
2. 2.

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

   “he was pushed roughly aside”

   “they treated him rough”

   Synonymsrough

   colloquialism

3. 3.

   with rough motion as over a rough surface

   “ride rough”

   Synonymsrough

Questions about roughly

What does roughly mean?

roughly means "(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in roughly?

roughly has 2 syllables: rough-ly. The stress falls on "rough". In IPA it is /ˈɹʌfli/.

What is another word for roughly?

Close synonyms include approximately, about, close to, just about, some. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is roughly a common word?

roughly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.