Difference between Roughly and Rough

What is the difference between Roughly and Rough?

Roughly as an adverb is in a rough manner. while Rough as an adjective is having a texture that has much friction. not smooth; uneven.

Roughly

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a rough manner. Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.

Example sentence: My grandmother got her law degree from Syracuse University in roughly 1911 and later co-founded with her husband an investment banking firm on Wall Street known as Lebenthal & Co.

Rough

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.Approximate.Turbulent.Difficult; trying.Crude; unrefinedViolent; not careful or subtle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The unmowed part of a golf course.A crude person.A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To create in an approximate form.To physically assault someone in retribution for something specific.

Example sentence: Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.

We hope you now know whether to use Roughly or Rough in your sentence.

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