rotundlyadv.
/rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndli/, U.S. /roʊˈtən(d)li/ 1. In a round or spherical form; with a rotund shape; in a manner characteristic of a rotund person or thing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adverb]
roundly?a1425
orbicularly?1520
rotundly1598
orbiculately1856
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. Thesaurarye sig. aijv/1 That which is rotundelye [Du. rond, Fr. en rond] elevatede, is called Rotula.
1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes iv. 273 If a Ball be let fall from the Hand, will it not rotundly Move suitable to its Figure?
1857 T. Moore Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3) 129 Spore-cases numerous, brown, rotundly obovate.
1865 W. H. Byford Pract. Med. & Surg. xxvii. 453 They may be usually distinguished from malignant tumors..by being more rotundly irregular.
1906 System 10 126/2 He caught the arm of the attorney, Haight, and drew him into his office as the board waddled rotundly off.
1950 R. W. Miner Field Bk. Seashore Life xi. 624 It is a thick, globose shell, having about five rotundly convex whorls.
1992 I. Banks Crow Road iii. 66 Mrs McSpadden was the Urvill's housekeeper; a rotundly buxom lady of perpetual middle-age.
2. With reference to immaterial things: in a rounded manner; to a rounded degree; fully, perfectly. Frequently with reference to language or literary style: elegantly; grandiloquently (cf. rotund adj. 2).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb]
fullyeOE
allesOE
fullOE
rightc1175
everydealc1300
wholec1300
whollya1325
finelyc1330
fairly1340
completec1374
gainlya1375
clearly1377
freelya1393
plaina1393
entire?a1400
entirelyc1400
oddlyc1400
sufficientlyc1440
expressc1475
totally1509
completely1526
finec1530
exactly?1531
sincerely1576
start1599
fillingly1611
circularly1618
solid1651
out-over1745
rotundly1775
roundedly?1802
whole hog1840
clear-away1883
whole cloth1917
righteous1948
1775 ‘Layman’ Strictures on Churches of Rome, Eng. & Scotl. 219 We must inevitably either believe Christianity itself a solemn cheat and lie; or believe both these national competitors, dealing so rotundly and undauntedly in asseveration, cheats.
1837 Dublin Univ. Mag. Aug. 134/2 Our miniature biography rotundly expresses it.
1863 Sat. Rev. 11 Apr. The French..suppose that they are the most completely and rotundly civilized of all the nations of the world.
1922 Blackwood's Mag. June 821/1 It was rotundly echoed in the German Chancellor's speech.
1957 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 41 18/1 Will there be a New Look, in the new future, on the foreign language calendar? The reply is rotundly affirmative.
1996 Guardian (Nexis) 17 Feb. 21 The limitless verbosity of the High Court bench..is rotundly on display.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adv.1598