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Roundly

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Circularly.
  2. 2
    Utterly or thoroughly.

    "Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda."

  3. 3
    Boldly; openly.

    "Moko, a name given by sportsmen to pheasants killed by mistake during September, before the pheasant-shooting comes in. They pull out their tails, and roundly assert that they are no pheasants at all, but mokos."

  4. 4
    Briskly.
  5. 5
    Generally.
Adverb
  1. 1
    in a round manner wordnet
  2. 2
    in a blunt direct manner wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round + -ly.

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