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Roundly is an English word with synonyms like bluntly or brusquely. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Roundly meaning

  1. Circularly.
  2. Utterly or thoroughly.
  3. Boldly; openly.

Synonyms of Roundly

bluffly bluntly brusquely flat out

Using Roundly

  • The main meaning on this page is: Circularly. | Utterly or thoroughly. | Boldly; openly.
  • Useful related words include: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out.
  • In the example corpus, roundly often appears in combinations such as: was roundly, roundly criticized, been roundly.

Context around Roundly

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Roundly

  • In this selection, "roundly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, gets, criticized, rejected and booed stand out and add context to how "roundly" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a roundly entertaining romantic and administration have roundly dismissed claims. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "roundly" sits close to words such as abbie, abort and adf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with roundly

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

He should be roundly condemned and severely ignored. (8 words)

Grealish gets roundly booed as he takes his first touches. (10 words)

Israel has roundly rejected the allegations, which it called false and antisemitic. (12 words)

He later admitted that he handled the situation poorly in an interview with the Manchester Evening News, but that didn't stop him being roundly booed and jeered when he started on his return to Molineux last season. (38 words)

Israel and the Biden administration have roundly dismissed claims that the war on Gaza amounts to genocide of Palestinians, but unless policies change and conditions improve quickly, the accusations will only mount as Biden seeks reelection. (36 words)

Not an easy choice in a category this roundly impressive; the inclusion of “A House Made of Splinters,” Simon Lereng Wilmont’s deeply moving film set in a Ukrainian children’s shelter, is especially heartening. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

A roundly entertaining romantic comedy, “Love Actually” is still nearly as cloying as it is funny.

He should be roundly condemned and severely ignored.

No action taken by prosecutors will be roundly applauded in a nation as politically polarized as the United States is today.

Not an easy choice in a category this roundly impressive; the inclusion of “A House Made of Splinters,” Simon Lereng Wilmont’s deeply moving film set in a Ukrainian children’s shelter, is especially heartening.

The changes were roundly criticized on social media, with some Delta frequent flyers vowing to take their business elsewhere.

The first proposal, which included the Pitt Meadows-Fort Langley riding, was roundly criticized at that meeting.

This time, he was roundly beaten by Kelvin Chukwu, a first timer and the candidate who replaced his slain brother, Barrister Oyibo Chukwu.

Trump’s allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by dozens of courts, including by judges whom Trump had appointed.

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Both steps taken by the election board have been roundly criticized as wolves in sheep's clothing, election administration edition: They are seemingly neutral processes, implemented in Georgia counties.

Grealish gets roundly booed as he takes his first touches.

He later admitted that he handled the situation poorly in an interview with the Manchester Evening News, but that didn't stop him being roundly booed and jeered when he started on his return to Molineux last season.

In February, its flagship AI model Gemini was roundly criticized after it spit out historically inaccurate images, prompting the company to stop generating depictions of people.

Ingrid Andress was roundly excoriated for her rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner" during Monday's MLB All-Star Game.

In the end, the decision of a regional police was roundly bemoaned because of its catastrophic outcome.

Israel and the Biden administration have roundly dismissed claims that the war on Gaza amounts to genocide of Palestinians, but unless policies change and conditions improve quickly, the accusations will only mount as Biden seeks reelection.

Israel has roundly rejected the allegations, which it called false and antisemitic.

It’s unfair to roundly condemn the coach and the team the way you did.

One initial theory - that these are the actions of a hostile state - seems to have been roundly discounted.

Polls showed that the economy and prices topped voters’ issue concerns, and that they roundly preferred former President Donald J. Trump to Mr. Biden on the issue.

The sector has been roundly critical of last month’s Budget announcements, saying the £600 million for social care will be dwarfed by the costs from the NIC and wage rises.

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Common combinations with roundly

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "roundly" in a sentence?
An example: "A roundly entertaining romantic comedy, “Love Actually” is still nearly as cloying as it is funny." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "roundly" from authentic English texts.
What does "roundly" mean?
Roundly means: Circularly.
What are synonyms of "roundly"?
Common synonyms of "roundly" include: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out.
How many example sentences with "roundly" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "roundly", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.