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.
ROUNDNESS
Round"ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.
2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
3. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion.
Syn. — Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity; globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness; plumpness; rotundity.