rough-and-read|y

rough-and-read|y
rough-and-read|y «RUHF uhn REHD ee», adjective.
1. rough and crude, but good enough for the purpose; roughly effective: »

Nor did he [Lincoln] make himself an exact lawyer; a rough-and-ready familiarity with practice…contented him (Baron Charnwood).

2. showing rough vigor rather than refinement: »

He had a bluff, rough-and-ready face (Robert Louis Stevenson).


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