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}]