roundly

1. 1.

   in a round manner

   “she was roundly slim”
2. 2.

   in a blunt direct manner

   “he spoke bluntly”

   “he stated his opinion flat-out”

   “he was criticized roundly”

   Synonymsblufflybluntlybrusquelyflat out

Questions about roundly

What does roundly mean?

roundly means "in a round manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in roundly?

roundly has 2 syllables: round-ly. The stress falls on "round". In IPA it is /ˈɹaʊndli/.

What is another word for roundly?

Close synonyms include bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is roundly a common word?

roundly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.