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Meaning of ROUNDLY

Pronunciation:  'rawndlee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  in a round manner; "she was roundly slim"
  2. [adv]  in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly"
 
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 Synonyms: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Round"ly\, adv.
1. In a round form or manner.
2. Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply.
         He affirms everything roundly.        --Addison.
3. Briskly; with speed. --locke.
         Two of the outlaws walked roundly forward. --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
4. Completely; vigorously; in earnest. --Shak.
5. Without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively;
   generally; as, to give numbers roundly.
         In speaking roundly of this period.   --H. Morley.
 

 

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