roundly
English
Etymology
From Middle English roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round + -ly.
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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- Boldly; openly.
- Briskly.
- Generally.
Synonyms
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