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R — Room to Ruffian (Part 7 of 12)

    2. Surround, encircle, encompass.
    3. Make full, finish off, make complete.
    4. Move about, go round.
    5. Make full, make smooth.

Roundabout, a.

    1. Indirect, tortuous, circuitous.
    2. Ample, extensive, broad.
    3. Encompassing, encircling.

Roundabout, n.

    1. Merry-go-round.
    2. Round jacket, surtout.
    3. Circuitous way, way round.
    4. Circular dance.
    5. Orb, sphere, globe.

Round-backed, a. Round-shouldered.

Roundhead, n. Puritan.

Roundly, ad.

    1. Openly, plainly, boldly, without reserve, peremptorily.
    2. Briskly, swiftly, speedily.
    3. Completely, vigorously, in earnest, to the purpose.