— rotundly , adv.
/roh tund"/ , adj.
1. round in shape; rounded: ripe, rotund fruit.
2. plump; fat.
3. full-toned or sonorous: rotund speeches.
[ 1695-1705; rotundus round, circular, deriv. of rota wheel; cf. ROUND 1 ]
Syn. 2. obese, fleshy, corpulent, stout, portly.