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Definition of roughly : In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.

Synonyms:

sternly, much, more or less, cruelly, approximate, plus or minus, unfriendly, about, most, almost, hard, distant, approximately, incorrect, virtually, slightly, around, close to, stony, like, nigh, or so, wrong, inaccurate, round, cold, churlish, well-nigh, hostile, unevenly, unpleasant, somewhat, rough, irregularly, say, imprecise, icy, near, antagonistic, inexact, some, just about, ill, questionable, aloof, stiffly, on the order of, nearly, brutally

fussily, stressfully, onerously, adversely, difficultly, ruggedly, complicatedly, knottily, formidably, oppressively, tightly, harshly, toughly, ticklishly, cantankerously, severely, grindingly, strenuously, arduously, tryingly, troublesomely, toilsomely, wearisomely, laboriously, contrarily, complexly, demandingly, trickily

glaringly, basely, idiomatically, commonly, crassly, tactlessly, rankly, offensively, tastelessly, barbarically, vulgarly, brazenly, colloquially, rudely, brutishly, unbecomingly, clumsily, ignobly, repulsively, boorishly, indelicately, broadly, profanely, crudely, unseemly, gaudily, gracelessly, earthily, revoltingly, garishly, outlandishly, coarsely, inelegantly, rawly, lowly, grossly

scratchily

Usage examples:

• " Don't jest, Elias," began Graydon, somewhat roughly. - "Jane Cable", George Barr McCutcheon.
• Its sides, like those of the stair, were of roughly dressed stones, and unplastered. - "Donal Grant", George MacDonald.
• She could remember plainly the visit of several gentlemen, and of loud angry voices talking inside the drawing- room; she was standing on the stairs as they came out into the hall, and her father had told her roughly to run away. - "The Jolliest School of All", Angela Brazil.