# roundly

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #48,461

## Definitions
1. Circularly.
2. Utterly or thoroughly.
3. Boldly; openly.
4. Briskly.
5. Generally.

## Etymology
From Middle English roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **Rounds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roundly-vs-rounds)
- **roundup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roundly-vs-roundup)
- **round** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/round-vs-roundly)
- **roughly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roughly-vs-roundly)
- **rounded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rounded-vs-roundly)
- **rounder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rounder-vs-roundly)

## Common misspellings (11)
`orundly`, `ronudly`, `roudnly`, `rounddly`, `roundlly`, `roundlyy`, `roundyl`, `rounldy`, `rounndly`, `rroundly`, `ruondly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/roundly