Definition

Adverb: - In a round, full, or plump manner: Describes something done with a rounded shape or fullness. - In a sonorous or rich and full manner: Describes speaking or sounding in a deep, full, and impressive way.

Usage Examples

• Describing manner of speech:
  • The orator spoke rotundly, his voice filling the hall without a microphone.
  • "Welcome," he said rotundly, with a generous smile and a booming voice.
• Describing physical form:
  • The old gentleman laughed rotundly, his whole frame shaking with mirth.

Advanced Usage

• "to declare rotundly": to state something in a very full, confident, and often pompous tone.
  • The manager rotundly declared the project a complete success, despite the evidence.

Variants and Related Words

• Rotund (adjective):
  • Round or spherical in shape: a rotund little man.
  • Sonorous and full in sound: rotund phrases.
• Rotundity (noun): The quality of being rotund, either in shape or in speech.

Synonyms

• Sonorously: In a deep, full, and resonant manner.
• Resonantly: With a rich, vibrating sound.
• Oratorically: In a manner characteristic of formal public speaking.
• Boomingly: In a loud, deep, and resonant way.

Antonyms

• Thinly: In a high-pitched or weak manner.
• Faintly: In a quiet and weak way.
• Reedy: In a thin, high sound like a reed instrument.

Adverb

1. in a sonorous manner
   • the congregation consisted chiefly of a few young folk, who snored sonorously