Definition for ROUND'NESS

ROUND'NESS, n.

  1. The quality of being round, circular, spherical, globular or cylindrical; circularity; sphericity; cylindrical form; rotundity; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, &c. Watts.
  2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period.
  3. Openness; plainness; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion.

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