Lexic.us

Definition of Roundly

1. Adverb. In a round manner. "She was roundly slim"

2. Adverb. In a blunt direct manner. "He was criticized roundly"

Definition of Roundly

1. adv. In a round form or manner.

Definition of Roundly

1. Adverb. circularly ¹

2. Adverb. utterly or thoroughly ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roundly

1. in a round manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roundly

roundhousing rounding rounding down rounding error rounding off rounding out rounding up roundings roundish roundishly

roundishness roundle roundles roundlet roundlets roundly (current term) roundness roundnesses roundoff roundpole fence

roundridge rounds rounds down rounds of applause rounds of applauses rounds off rounds out rounds up roundsman roundsmen

Literary usage of Roundly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"Chr. Then Christian roundly answered, saying, Demas, thou art an enemy to the right ways of the Demas cried again, that he also was one of their fraternity ..."

2. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"... to whom I showed that courtesy, had scolded them roundly; and thus the affair ended. LXXIX A few days afterwards we set out on our return to Florence. ..."

3. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"Afterwards I learned that the young Magalotti, to whom I showed that courtesy, had scolded them roundly; and thus the affair ended. ..."

4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"Afterwards I learned that the young Magalotti, to whom I showed that courtesy, had scolded them roundly; and thus the affair ended. ..."

5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"See GATHER, CULTIVATE, rapidly, adv. fast, quick, quickly, express, post (archaic), tite (obs., exc. dial, in "as tue as"), briskly, roundly, apace; ..."

6. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"QUITE, CLEAN, COMPLETELY, PERFECTLY, roundly, f ARE ufed for each other every day without being exactly ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1900)
"Superiorly the hinder margin of the ischium is roundly concaved, the lower part being convexed outward. Upon the aspect now under consideration we see that ..."

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