roughly (speaking)

  • 11roughly — adv. 1 in a rough manner. 2 approximately (roughly 20 people attended). Phrases and idioms: roughly speaking in an approximate sense (it is, roughly speaking, a square) …

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  • 12roughly — Synonyms and related words: about, all but, all in all, all things considered, almost, altogether, approximately, approximatively, around, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, as good as, at irregular intervals, at large, at random,… …

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  • 13speaking — n. & adj. n. the act or an instance of uttering words etc. adj. 1 that speaks; capable of articulate speech. 2 (of a portrait) lifelike; true to its subject (a speaking likeness). 3 (in comb.) speaking or capable of speaking a specified foreign… …

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  • 14roughly */*/ — UK [ˈrʌflɪ] / US adverb 1) used for showing that an amount, number, time etc is not exact The meeting lasted roughly 45 minutes. Roughly half of Scotland s law firms are located in the Glasgow area. We re roughly the same age. 2) in a way that is …

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  • 15speaking — /ˈspikɪŋ/ (say speeking) noun 1. the act, utterance, or discourse of someone who speaks. –adjective 2. highly expressive. 3. lifelike: a speaking likeness. 4. used in, suited to, or involving speaking or talking: the speaking voice. 5. permitting …

  • 16Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium — The Day of the German speaking Community of Belgium is celebrated on November 15 each year. It is a public holiday for the German speaking Community of Belgium but it is not celebrated elsewhere in Belgium. The equivalents of the other… …

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  • 17Bantu speaking peoples of South Africa — Black South Africans were at times officially called Bantu by the apartheid regime. The term Bantu is derived from the word for people common to many of the Bantu languages. In South Africa Bantu is no longer in wide use as a description of black …

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  • 18generally speaking — broadly/generally/speaking phrase used for showing that what you are saying is usually true, but not in every instance Generally speaking, pet owners are law abiding citizens. Thesaurus: ways of describing something in a general waysynonym… …

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  • 19broadly speaking — adverb without regard to specific details or exceptions he interprets the law broadly • Syn: ↑broadly, ↑loosely, ↑generally • Ant: ↑narrowly (for: ↑broadly) …

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  • 20Technically speaking — [http://techspeaking.denison.edu/ Technically speaking...] is a freely available web resource containing a series of instructional video vignettes developed under a National Science Foundation [http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm summ.jsp?pims… …

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