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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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}]
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