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Webster 1913 Edition
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Roundly
ROUND'LY
, adv.1.
In a round form or manner.2.
Openly; boldly; without reserve; peremptorily.He affirms every thing roundly.
3.
Plainly; fully. He gives them roundly to understand that their duty is submission.4.
Briskly; with speed.When the mind has brought itself to attention, it will be able to cope with difficulties and master them, and then it may go on roundly.
5.
Completely; to the purpose; vigorously; in earnest.Definition 2024
roundly
roundly
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Adverb
roundly (comparative more roundly, superlative most roundly)
- Circularly.
- Utterly or thoroughly.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
- 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.
- 1974, Richard Garrett, General Gordon (page 203)
- When, over in the east, General Valentine Baker led his force of four thousand irregulars against Osman Digna, he was roundly thrashed.
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