roundly
Collocations
2ADJ.
new, short
ROUNDLY + NOUN
critics
Definitions
adv
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.
When, over in the east, General Valentine Baker led his force of four thousand irregulars against Osman Digna, he was roundly thrashed.
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adverb — in a blunt direct manner
- bluffly
- bluntly
- brusquely
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5Mr. 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
WiktionaryWhen, over in the east, General Valentine Baker led his force of four thousand irregulars against Osman Digna, he was roundly thrashed.
WiktionaryA few short years ago, Musk was roundly mocked as a crazy con artist on the verge of going broke. Now this shy South African with Asperger’s syndrome, who escaped a brutal childhood and overcame perso
WiktionaryTom's new song was roundly mocked by the Twitterati.
Tatoeba · #11148688Although Tom's early short stories were roundly panned by critics, they are worth a closer look.
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