ROUNDLY Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

roundly

adverb

ˈrau̇n(d)-lē

Definition of roundly

as in strongly

in a vigorous and forceful manner roundly attacked the proposal to raise the state's gas tax

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as in systematically

with attention to all aspects or details few sitcoms were as roundly disliked as that one

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Recent Examples of roundly Such a proposal could cost more than $1 trillion and was roundly panned by budget experts — and even some Republicans in the president’s party. — Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026 And at its center is a head coach who desperately wants to bring respect back to the organization that drafted him more than three decades ago, and a 79-year-old billionaire who has been roundly blamed for the organization’s failures. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Also, who exactly was mysterious creative adviser and new-ending generator Rospo Pallenberg, besides being roundly disliked? — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Much of the vitriol apparently stems from the developers releasing GTA VI without physical copies of the game, a decision that was roundly mocked and derided last month. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roundly

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Still, the momentum, by his forecast, strongly favors the Democrats.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
What famous physicists thought The debate between determinism and indeterminism in quantum mechanics has split the physicists into two groups that stand strongly by their views.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of strongly

Adverb

Police arrested him again in April 2023 and started combing through the forest more systematically and exhuming mass graves.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
The Embodied Neurocomputation Framework treats this as an engineering problem, systematically optimizing information entering the neural network.

— Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of systematically

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The president has continued to vigorously back Paxton throughout the general election, making several trips to Texas to campaign for him.

— Caroline Linton, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
His critics interpreted it as endorsing the massacre of Israeli civilians, though Abu Shehadeh and others vigorously denied that claim.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of vigorously

Adverb

Women are typically forcibly sterilized through hysterectomy, tubal ligation, or endometrial ablation, while men are typically subjected to vasectomy.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
Trump’s yearly average of removing 380,000 migrants forcibly, rather than voluntarily, is lower than Barack Obama’s average of 392,000 annually in his first term.

— Alec Dent, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of forcibly

Adverb

In the 1940s, when antibiotics had become widely available, doctors started curing plague cases with the drugs.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Xi, who removed presidential term limits in 2018, is widely expected to be confirmed as party leader for the next term in the fall of 2027.

— KANIS LEUNG, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of widely

Adverb

Funding for Platte County police came to a heated front in a county commission meeting earlier this year where Sheriff Erik Holland and Prosecuting Attorney Erik Zahnd vehemently argued that the law enforcement budget was too low.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
The assassination was ordered personally by Walter Ulbricht, head of the Berlin Communist Party, as was widely reported at the time, though it was vehemently denied.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of vehemently

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Shares were last seen down 14%, sitting firmly at the bottom of the Stoxx 600 index.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
In this 1966 photo of the musician and his instrument, with glam rock still in the future, one of its superstars is still firmly surrounded by mod, mid-1960s fixtures including his skinny tie and massive ashtray.

— Eleni N. Gage, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

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