rough and ready

Speech parts

1. rough and ready - Adjective

2. rough and ready - Adjective Satellite

3. Rough and ready - Proper noun

Meaning

crude but effective for the purpose at hand

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

rough-and-ready

Synonyms

basic rough primitive crude provisional rugged improvised coarse rudimentary rude makeshift clumsy hasty impromptu haphazard

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Antonyms

clear artistic concentrated sophisticated expert cultivated

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Examples

I was little impressed with this rough and ready way of persuading people to renew their contracts and decided that I was now quite free of any obligations. Pietro Mascagni

Close letter words and terms

rouget rough rough -hew rough around the edges rough bedstraw rough bent