Roughly speaking
Roughly and roughly speaking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roughly" instead an adverb phrase "Roughly speaking".
Roughly
Roughly adverb - Close to but not exactly.
Roughly speaking and roughly are semantically related. You can use "Roughly speaking" instead an adverb "Roughly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- most and roughly speaking
- most and roughly
- nearly and roughly speaking
- nearly and roughly
- almost and roughly speaking
- almost and roughly
- about and roughly speaking
- about and roughly
- say and roughly speaking
- say and roughly
- approaching and roughly speaking
- approaching and roughly
- around and roughly speaking
- around and roughly
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Roughly and Roughly speaking. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/roughly_speaking/roughly
Roughly speaking & Roughly. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/roughly_speaking/roughly>.
Roughly or Roughly speaking. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/roughly_speaking/roughly.
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