roughly: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 14 letter points · starts with R · ends with Y
Meaning of roughly
adv
In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.
Unevenly or irregularly.
Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.
Listed forms: roughlier, roughliest.
Source: Wiktionary — roughly.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for roughly.
adverb
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- approximately
- about
- close to
- just about
- some
- more or less
- around
- or so
adverb
with roughness or violence (‘rough’ is an informal variant for ‘roughly’)
adverb
with rough motion as over a rough surface
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is roughly in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of roughly
R(1) + O(1) + U(1) + G(2) + H(4) + L(1) + Y(4) = 14 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of roughly
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from roughly
47 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in roughly. Showing up to 24, longest first.