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English Dictionary: roundly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, 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.
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