roundly

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roundly

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From Middle English roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round + -ly.

adverb more roundly · most roundly

Circularly.
Utterly or thoroughly. 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.
Boldly; openly. Moko, a name given by sportsmen to pheasants killed by mistake during September, before the pheasant-shooting comes in. They pull out their tails, and roundly assert that they are no pheasants at all, but mokos.
Briskly.
Generally.

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@misc{roundly_2026,
  title = {roundly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roundly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}