[syn: plumpness, embonpoint, roundness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Roundness \Round"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the
roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball,
of a bowl, a column, etc.
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2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a
period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
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3. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the
roundness of an assertion.
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Syn: Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity;
globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness;
plumpness; rotundity.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
roundness
n 1: the fullness of a tone of voice; "there is a musky
roundness to his wordiness" [syn: roundness, rotundity]
2: the quality of being round numbers; "he gave us the results
in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point
he was making"
3: the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved
and not angular [ant: angularity]
4: the bodily property of being well rounded [syn: plumpness,
embonpoint, roundness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "roundness":
annularity, annulation, artlessness, belly, bluffness, bluntness,
broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, circularity, convexity,
cylindricality, directness, forthrightness, frankness, freedom,
freeness, genuineness, globosity, globularity, ingenuousness,
openheartedness, openness, orbicularity, outspokenness,
plain dealing, plain speaking, plainness, plainspokenness,
rotundity, rotundness, sincerity, sphericality, sphericalness,
sphericity, spheroidicity, spheroidity, straightforwardness,
unconstraint, unreserve, unrestraint