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Definition of Roundest
1. round [adj] - See also: round
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roundest
Literary usage of Roundest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors: Or the Best Words of the by John Timbs (1856)
"... my wife and daughter is indifferent to me, as when I play in good earnest with
others for the roundest sums.—Montaigne. ..."
2. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature ...: With Numerous Notes from the by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"II. are no broken or harsh lines, no constrained or catching motions ; but the
roundest contours, and the easiest transitions ; the eye wanders oVer every ..."
3. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most by Henry Troth Coates (1878)
"... I have not a doubt she was thinking then Of her former lord, good soul that
he was, Who died the richest and roundest of men, The Marquis of Carabas. ..."
4. The School Room Guide to Methods of Teaching and School Management by Esmond Vedder DeGraff (1894)
"Eleanor—This wooden ball is the roundest one: Teacher—That is so. ... Susie—I
have a ball or sphere and it is the roundest thing there is. ..."
5. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1885)
"75) ; the curve of the salvia leaf is applied to it in each case, first with its
roundest curvature up, then with its roundest curvature down ; and we have ..."
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