Primarily and Roughly

Primarily

Primarily adverb - For the most part.
Usage example: ketchup is primarily made from tomatoes

Roughly and primarily are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roughly" instead an adverb "Primarily".

Nearby Word: primary

Roughly

Roughly adverb - Close to but not exactly.

Primarily and roughly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Primarily" instead an adverb "Roughly".

Nearby Words: rough, roughage

Both words in one sentence

  • Most Writers Are Human For example, nearly any combat system that goes into significant detail will be primarily written for roughly human-sized combatants with two arms, two legs, and one head on top of the body.
  • A third is that this book is like other Apocalypses written in roughly the same time period, and primarily an account of the salvation of a single soul, John of Patmos.
  • Mega Corp. LexCorp from The DCU, which employs roughly a third of the people in Metropolis, runs everything from the supermarket to the daily news, and exists primarily as a tool in its CEO's plan to destroy one single individual.
    Source: Mega Corp.
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