roundly

副词 adv.

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Circularly.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Briskly.
  5. Generally.

词形变化

more roundly comparative most roundly superlative

词源

From Middle English roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round + -ly.
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