rotundly

• Veraltetes Adverb mit den Bedeutungen 'rund, voll' oder 'mit volltönendem, klangvollem Klang'. Historisch beschrieb es eine pompöse, schwülstige oder klangvolle Sprechweise sowie körperliche Rundheit.

An archaic adverb meaning 'in a round or plump manner' or 'with a full, resonant sound.' It was historically used to describe speech delivered in a pompous, grandiloquent, or sonorous style, as well as physical roundness.

1. In a round or plump mannerC2formal

   In a way that is round, plump, or full in shape.

   Rund

   • The old man smiled rotundly, his cheeks puffing out.
   • She walked rotundly, her figure full and round.
   • The character was described as rotundly cheerful.

   Synonymeroundly

2. In a sonorous or resonant mannerC2formal

   In a way that is full, rich, and deep in sound.

   Volltönend

   • The actor spoke rotundly, his voice filling the theater.
   • He laughed rotundly, a deep belly laugh.
   • The preacher's voice echoed rotundly through the hall.

   Synonymeresoundinglysonorously

   Antonymefaintlythinlyweakly