roundlyadverb
uk/ˈraʊnd.li/us/ˈraʊnd.li/formalseverely:
The government is being roundly criticized for its education policy.
The home team was roundly defeated.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Severe
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- austere
- authoritarian
- be heavy on sb idiom
- disciplinarian
- flinty
- hard
- heavy
- iron
- pitiless
- rigour
- rule sth with an iron hand/fist idiom
- severe
- severely
- sharp
- stern
- strict
- strictly
- strictness
- take a hard line on sb/sth idiom
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