Definitions for rough-and-ready

rough-and-ready rough-and-read·y

Spelling: [ruhf-uh n-red-ee]
IPA: /ˈrʌf ənˈrɛd i/

Rough-And-Ready is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 988 anagrams from letters in rough-and-ready (--aaddeghnorruy).

Definitions for rough-and-ready

adjective

  1. rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose:
  2. exhibiting or showing rough vigor rather than refinement or delicacy:

Origin of rough-and-ready

First recorded in 1800-10

Examples for rough-and-ready

rough-and-ready said nothing at the time, and De Lisle attended to his duty as usual.

Richard could not adopt that rough-and-ready way out of his difficulty.

McCook and Wood swear like pirates, and affect the rough-and-ready style.

rough-and-ready justice was administered by the Mayor and his brethren, the Aldermen.

Their organisation is rough-and-ready, like themselves, and simple too.

He was simply an uncultured, ignorant, rough-and-ready, Irish-American backwoodsman.

He took a liking to the rough-and-ready straightforwardness of the American.

Then came the rough-and-ready sentence of the camp-followers.

And many of his images were much more of the rough-and-ready, than of the classical, order.

You are one of the rough-and-ready order, who are never late.

Word Value for rough-and-ready
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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