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Roughly vs Toughly - What's the difference?

roughly | toughly |

As adverbs the difference between roughly and toughly

is that roughly is in a rough manner while toughly is in a tough manner.

roughly

English

Adverb

(en-adv)
  • In a rough manner.
  • Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
  • Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.
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    • , volume=189, issue=26, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= A deadly disease could travel at jet speed around the world. How do we stop it in time? , passage=Of the roughly 400 emerging infectious diseases that have been identified since 1940, more than 60% are zoonotic: ie they came from animals. Throughout history this has been common.}}

    Synonyms

    * approximately, around, near, nearly, almost, about, loosely, circa

    toughly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a tough manner.