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Synonyms for roughly
Synonyms for roughly: coarsely and approximately. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for roughly
Interchangeable with roughly in this sense
Audited under roughly's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one roughly carries in that sense.
- coarselyadverb, in the sense "in a coarse, unfinished manner, without smoothing"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name roughly as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- approximatelyapproximately is an adverb in the sense "imprecise but fairly close to correct"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under roughly and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
in a coarse, unfinished manner, without smoothing
The wood had been roughly hewn, its surface still full of splinters.
The true synonym
coarsely
Same sentence, swapped: The wood had been coarsely hewn, its surface still full of splinters.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot roughly is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- finely
- evenly
- thinly
Where roughly turns up in the game
roughly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where roughly is the trap
- gingerlyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is carefully, in the sense "in a careful, cautious manner, especially to avoid damage or harm", so roughly is there to be ruled out.
- nearlyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is closely, in the sense "in a close manner", with roughly sitting one tile away.
- seamlesslyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is imperceptibly, in the sense "in a way that has no visible joins", and roughly is on the board beside it.
- badlyadverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is mischievously, in the sense "in a disobedient or naughty way", and roughly is on the board beside it.
Play roughly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so roughly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from materials at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. roughly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.