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How to use roundly in a sentence

11 example sentences · adverb

Roundly means circularly. Example: “When, over in the east, General Valentine Baker led his force of four thousand irregulars against Osman Digna, he was roundly thrashed.”

Examples of roundly by meaning

adverbUtterly or thoroughly.

  • When, over in the east, General Valentine Baker led his force of four thousand irregulars against Osman Digna, he was roundly thrashed.1974, Richard Garrett, General Gordon, page 203
  • A few short years ago, Musk was roundly mocked as a crazy con artist on the verge of going broke.December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from...
  • Weak management and a small team of civil servants who were out of their depth have been roundly blamed for the £4 billion overspend on London's Elizabeth line (Crossrail) and its opening four years late in May 2022.2024 April 3, Howard Johnston, “Network News: Weak bosses and staff blamed for Crossrail overspend”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 20

More sentences with roundly

  • The theory, which came to be known as the swaddling hypothesis, was roundly and rightfully mocked.2020 May 5, Jennifer Wilson, “The Circle”, in The Nation. From the entry swaddling hypothesis
  • Dwight Eisenhower was roundly derided by the liberal intelligentsia as a Mr.2001 June 21, Richard Stengel, “Why George Bush is the Brer Rabbit of American Politics”, in Time. From the entry dim bulb
  • Khrushchev roundly denounced "colonizers" and "imperialism" as the major causes of past wars.1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Thawing the Cold War”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 464–465. From the entry Moscow
  • This newfangled approach was roundly mocked as “deliverology”.2015 March 28, “Delivery man”, in The Economist. From the entry deliverology
  • Hanson's brainchild was roundly condemned by several U.S.2003 September 15, Jeremy Kahn, “The Man Who Would Have Us Bet On Terrorism—Not To Mention Discard Democracy And Cryogenically Freeze Our…. From the entry viewquake
  • Such symbols were of no minor importance for a show such as Cosby, roundly and repeatedly criticized for its "araciality."1994, Kristal Brent Zook, "How I Became Prince of a Town Called Bel Air: Nationalist Desire in Black Television", dissertation submitted…. From the entry araciality
  • You mouthed it roundly - was't your Sunday's discourse?1908, Reginald Farrer, The Dowager of Jerusalem: A Romance in Four Acts, page 23. From the entry bishoply
  • Philip Penna, of Indiana, a veteran of many labor controversies, roundly scored the United Mine Workers for their light-handed treatment of their contracts.1921, Coal Age - Volume 20, page 669. From the entry light-handed

Meaning of roundly

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

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Questions about roundly in a sentence

How do you use roundly in a sentence?
Roundly is used as an adverb. For example: “When, over in the east, General Valentine Baker led his force of four thousand irregulars against Osman Digna, he was roundly thrashed.”
What is a short sentence with roundly?
“Hanson's brainchild was roundly condemned by several U.S.”
What does roundly mean?
Roundly means circularly.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: roundly (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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