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Roundly
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
1. In a round form or manner.
2. Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply. He affirms everything roundly. Addison.
3. Briskly; with speed. locke. Two of the outlaws walked roundly forward. Sir W. Scott.
4. Completely; vigorously; in earnest. Shak.
5. Without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers roundly. In speaking roundly of this period. H. Morley.