rough and ready
Crude but functional
Rough and ready describes something adequate for immediate use despite being unpolished or improvised: a rough and ready solution to the plumbing problem.
It suggests practicality over refinement—getting the job done without fuss about appearance or elegance.
Applied to people, it means unpretentious and resourceful: a rough and ready frontier type who could fix anything with baling wire.
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- simpleFree of complexity
- bare bonesMinimal necessary elements
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- cheap and cheerfulAffordable and good-natured
crude · provisional · unrefined · resourceful · improvised · thrown together · tough · quick-and-dirty · down and dirty · jury-rigged · scrappy · resilient · hardy · expedient · sturdy · workmanlike · weatherproof · robust
- appearance idiomsall dolled up, dolled up, done up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines
rough and readypolished
Smooth, refined, accomplished
refined · elegant · sophisticated · meticulous · slick
rough and readysystematic
Following ordered procedures
methodical · calculated · by the book · carefully considered · painstaking
rough and readyproper
Socially appropriate
formal · prim and proper · ceremonious · buttoned-up · decorous
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