Definition of Roundness

1. Noun. The fullness of a tone of voice. "There is a musky roundness to his wordiness"

Exact synonyms: Rotundity
Generic synonyms: Tone, Tone Of Voice
Derivative terms: Round

2. Noun. The quality of being round numbers. "He gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making"
Generic synonyms: Figure, Number
Derivative terms: Round

3. Noun. The property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular.

4. Noun. The bodily property of being well rounded.
Exact synonyms: Embonpoint, Plumpness
Generic synonyms: Corpulency, Fleshiness, Obesity
Specialized synonyms: Chubbiness, Pudginess, Rolypoliness, Tubbiness, Buxomness
Derivative terms: Plump

Definition of Roundness

1. n. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

Definition of Roundness

1. Noun. The quality of being round. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roundness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roundness

rounding
rounding down
rounding error
rounding off
rounding out
rounding up
roundings
roundish
roundishly
roundishness
roundle
roundles
roundlet
roundlets
roundly
roundness (current term)
roundnesses
roundoff
roundpole fence
roundridge
rounds
rounds down
rounds of applause
rounds of applauses
rounds off
rounds out
rounds up
roundsman
roundsmen
roundtable

Literary usage of Roundness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... having to my great concern, observed the waist of a Platonist lately swell to a roundness which is inconsistent with that philosophy. STEELE. T. No. ..."

2. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"Wach, conjecture« that the word has reference to roundness ; ab ... The apple of the eye,—so called from its roundness. To apple, ie to form into a ball, ..."

3. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1826)
"roundness. то ROVE, v. To wander. KOI (.11, l'. Abrupt. ... roundness and ROTUNDITY both come from the Latin ..."

4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... Hotspur the counsel to his wife not only to swear, but to swear boldly, with a high-born and feminine roundness and fulness of volume : Swear me, Kale, ..."

5. Primeval Man: An Examination of Some Recent Speculations by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1868)
"... feeblest of the Tertiaries.1 Now, the sharpness or roundness of a wing at the tip depends on the position which is given to the longest Primary quill. ..."

6. The Reign of Law by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1871)
"... the sharpness or roundness of a wing at the tip depends on the position which is given to the longest Primary quill. If the first, or even the second, ..."

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