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# roughly

«roughly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **about, not exactly: roughly 100 people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (roughly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Roughly means about, not exactly: roughly 100 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#m1)

2) Roughly means in a rough, not gentle way: He pushed me roughly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#m2)

3) Roughly also means not carefully or neatly: roughly cut pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means harshly, as Joseph spoke to his brothers when he hid who he was. Interpretation: Commentators say Joseph spoke sternly to test his brothers and see whether they had changed. In the primary lessons: In maths, «roughly» signals an estimate: rounding numbers to get a close answer quickly (398 + 205 is roughly 400 + 200 = 600). In science, measurements are often roughly given. In cooking: roughly chop the carrots. In behaviour lessons: do not play roughly with small children or pets. Phrases: roughly speaking, roughly the same, roughly equal.

### examples

- 'The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. (Torah GEN.42.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x1)
- And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spoke roughly with them; and he said unto them: 'Whence come ye?' And they said: 'From the land of Canaan to buy food.' (Torah GEN.42.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x2)
- Then said David to Jonathan: 'Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?' (Prophets 1SA.20.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x3)
- And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, (Writings 2CH.10.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x4)
- And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him; (Prophets 1KI.12.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x5)
- There were roughly 30 children at the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x6)
- 49 is roughly 50. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x7)
- Do not treat the puppy roughly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x8)
- Roughly chop the onion into big pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x9)
- The trip takes roughly two hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x10)
- The two bags weigh roughly the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x11)
- He grabbed the ball roughly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x12)
- Roughly speaking, half the class walks to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x13)
- In this place I can only roughly summarise my results. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/#x14)

### note

Pronounced RUFF-lee (gh sounds like f). In maths, «roughly», «about», «approximately» and «estimate» all mean you may round; the symbol ≈ means «is roughly equal to».

### In the corpora

- ['The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1391/)
- [Then said David to Jonathan: 'Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.585/)
- [And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.464/)
- [And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.224/)
- [Roughly one animal kind in four is a beetle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «roughly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roughly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.