"roundly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-roundly.wav Forms: more roundly [comparative], most roundly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|roundly}} Middle English roundly, {{suffix|en|round|ly}} round + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} roundly (comparative more roundly, superlative most roundly)
  1. Circularly.
    Sense id: en-roundly-en-adv-5nWApVeF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 0 42 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 41 18 0 41 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 9 0 45 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 17 0 41 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 18 0 41 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 39 15 0 46 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 39 15 0 46 0
  2. Utterly or thoroughly. Translations (utterly): направо (napravo) (Bulgarian), без заобикалки (bez zaobikalki) (Bulgarian), degelijk (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-roundly-en-adv-emHgV9hz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 0 42 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 41 18 0 41 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 17 0 41 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 18 0 41 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 39 15 0 46 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 39 15 0 46 0 Disambiguation of 'utterly': 23 48 0 23 6
  3. Boldly; openly.
    Sense id: en-roundly-en-adv-LekpZHdV
  4. Briskly.
    Sense id: en-roundly-en-adv-dzZw-nAi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 0 42 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 41 18 0 41 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 9 0 45 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 17 0 41 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 18 0 41 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 39 15 0 46 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 39 15 0 46 0
  5. Generally.
    Sense id: en-roundly-en-adv-CSit9wzB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: completely, deeply, firmly, fully, perfectly, soundly, thoroughly, totally
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