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# roundly

adverb (no forms)

«roundly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Roundly means plainly and openly, without holding back: he declared roundly that he would not go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roundly/#m1)
2. Roundly also means severely or thoroughly: she scolded him roundly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roundly/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a character speaks plainly or is told off hard; in lessons it describes how strongly someone speaks or acts

### Examples

- “I do not understand this,” Finnian declared roundly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roundly/#x1)
- His mother abused him roundly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roundly/#x2)
- The theory was roundly rejected by everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roundly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «roundly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roundly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roundly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roundly.html) on Mova free.