What is the Latin word for roughly?

The usual Latin words for “roughly” are asper, horridus, crassus; also inurbānus, rūsticus, vāstus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“roughly” in Latin

asperrough, uneven, coarse; unrefined, rude; sharp, newly minted horridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed; awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearf crassusdense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump; concentrated, thick; turgid inurbānusrustic, ungraceful, unmannerly rūsticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined, boorish, coarse vāstusEmpty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.; Desolate, deserted, made lonely.; Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, de īnscītusignorant, inexperienced, unskilful; silly, stupid incommodusinconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable; troublesome, disagreeable

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

roughly

aspere: horride [SYN. in ROUGH]: crasse (coarsely). To live roughly horride vivere: to treat anybody roughly, aspere tractare aliquem: to speak roughly, aspere loqui (with severity, etc.): horride loqui (in a strong and forcible, though rough manner). To speak roughly to anybody, horride alloqui aliquem (Tac.); aliquem severius adhibere (Cic., ad Att., 10, 12, 3).

Rudely, in an unpolished manner, inurbane: rustice: vaste (e.g., loqui): inficete: illiberaliter: incomposite.

In an unskillful, unfinished manner, inscite: incommode.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for roughly?: The usual Latin words for “roughly” are asper, horridus, crassus; also inurbānus, rūsticus, vāstus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.