roundedness

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noun

The quality of being rounded.

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Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounroundedness (usually uncountable, plural roundednesses)

plural roundednesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality of being rounded.

    He has lots of girl trouble, too, and he hungers for status and sits around at Harvard worrying about “the roundedness of his character.”

    2008 April 13, Andrew O’Hagan, “N + 2”, in New York Times
  2. uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesThe quality of a sound, especially a vowel, of being rounded or unrounded.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe property possessed by a rounded convexity

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Origin

Translations

Hungarian ajakkerekítés, kerekség
  • ajakkerekítésphonetics: the quality of a sound, especially a vowel, of being rounded or unrounded
  • kerekségphonetics: the quality of a sound, especially a vowel, of being rounded or unrounded
  • kerekítettségphonetics: the quality of a sound, especially a vowel, of being rounded or unrounded
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APA

roundedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roundedness

MLA

“roundedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roundedness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roundedness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roundedness.

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