Roughly

Examples

• So roughly the tradition is handed on. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Don't be a fool, Rachael,' interposed Mr. Wardle, rather more roughly than was consistent with the poetic nature of the scene. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• These patents may be roughly tabulated as follows: Incandescent lamps and their manufacture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When it was necessary to move from one spot to another she either jerked her roughly, or pushed her headlong before her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Roughly pyramidal in shape and hollowed out, I perceive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He sprang down from the platform and grasped her roughly by the arm, but scarcely had he touched her than I leaped between them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• There are probably two or three concurrent and only roughly similar histories of these newer Pal?olithic men as yet, inextricably mixed up together. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Its most familiar form is in a boxlike arrangement, divided longitudinally by a narrow ridge of two compartments, one of which is roughly some three times larger than the other. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• So I have, said the man, as he roughly, but kindly, drew her up the steep bank. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Did I seem to speak roughly? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The wind blew roughly, the wet squalls came rattling past them, skimming the pools on the road and pavement, and raining them down into the river. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It was confusion roughly organized. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It takes the dimensions and proportions of figures justly; but roughly, and with some liberty. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Turning to Oliver, he roughly commanded him to take hold of Nancy's hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The first book of Kings begins with the reign of King Solomon (960 B.C. roughly). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He appeared to be much surprised at seeing me and asked me rather roughly what I was doing there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I answered him just as roughly as I did the rest, who jabbered mere gibberish. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The circuits were opened and closed by means of about half a dozen roughly made plug-switches. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The man in the gamekeeper's dress roughly refused. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Shaking him roughly by the shoulder, he cried: My God, Clayton, are you all mad here? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Come, get up,' said the man, roughly. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• But even public prostitution is so varied that nobody can do better than estimate it roughly. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He handed a small parcel; it consisted of the hundred guineas he had just won, roughly twisted up in a piece of paper. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He spoke never a word during that time; his jaw being bound up roughly in dirty linen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Why do you answer me so roughly? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Folded roughly like a letter, and directed to me at my guardian's. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His height I know that you might roughly judge from the length of his stride. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• However complicated the origins of currency, its practical effect and the end it has to serve in the community may be stated roughly in simple terms. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The tribe to which he belonged roamed a tract extending, roughly, twenty-five miles along the seacoast and some fifty miles inland. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I am sorry I joked too roughly with thee. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

Editor: Sasha