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English
Adverb
roughly speaking (comparative more roughly speaking, superlative most roughly speaking)
- Not being totally accurate (used as a phrase to specify).
- Synonym: broadly speaking
- Antonym: strictly speaking
For our prosperity is inherited from our ancestors, and is of an earlier date than the prosperity not only of Philip, but, roughly speaking, of all the kings that have ever reigned in Macedonia.
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