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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. in a round manner;
- Example: "she was roundly slim"

2. in a blunt direct manner;
- Example: "he spoke bluntly"
- Example: "he stated his opinion flat-out"
- Example: "he was criticized roundly"
[syn: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Roundly \Round"ly\, adv.
   1. In a round form or manner.
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   2. Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply.
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            He affirms everything roundly.        --Addison.
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   3. Briskly; with speed. --locke.
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            Two of the outlaws walked roundly forward. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   4. Completely; vigorously; in earnest. --Shak.
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   5. Without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively;
      generally; as, to give numbers roundly.
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            In speaking roundly of this period.   --H. Morley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, roundly]