Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roundly"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Roundly \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

roundly
adv 1: in a round manner; "she was roundly slim"
2: in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his
opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly" [syn: {bluffly},
{bluntly}, {brusquely}, {flat out}]

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