Roughly and Thereabouts

Roughly

Roughly adverb - Close to but not exactly.

Thereabouts and roughly are semantically related in approximation topic. In some cases you can use "Thereabouts" instead an adverb "Roughly", when it comes to topics like almost.

Nearby Words: rough, roughage

Thereabouts

Thereabouts adverb - Near that time or date.
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Synonyms for Thereabouts

Roughly and thereabouts are semantically related in approximation topic. You can use "Roughly" instead an adverb "Thereabouts", if it concerns topics such as almost, approximately, mainly.

Nearby Word: thereabout

Both words in one sentence

  • A Child Shall Lead Them Princess Ozma of the Land of Oz, who's roughly the same age as Dorothy (ten or thereabouts), is the benevolent dictator of what is essentially an empire made of four large countries and a city-state.
  • A Child Shall Lead Them: Princess Ozma, who's roughly the same age as Dorothy (ten or thereabouts), is the benevolent dictator of what is essentially an empire made of four large countries and a city-state.
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