roughly the same

Frequency: 9.035.0 per million words

A common way to say two or more things are very similar, but not identical.

roughlyADVERB + ADJECTIVE

Categories:

same

Examples (10)

  • The two samples are roughly the same size.
  • Their childhoods were roughly the same, despite living in different countries.
  • The cost of living in both cities is roughly the same.
  • The meeting lasted roughly the same amount of time as usual.
  • The experimental results were roughly the same across all trials.
  • Most of the students in the class are roughly the same age.
  • Our political views are roughly the same on most issues.
  • Learning both languages is roughly the same in terms of difficulty.
  • Yesterday's temperatures were roughly the same as today's.
  • If we follow this plan, the outcome should be roughly the same.