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rotundity

[roh-tuhn-di-tee] / roʊˈtʌn dɪ ti /




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Obviously, the phases of the moon depend on orbital mechanics and not on whether the atmosphere lets us see our satellite at or near its time of maximum rotundity and brightness.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2022

A decade after his death you'll still hear people attacking bread, pasta and potatoes as the root of all rotundity.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2013

Sarah Millican embraces her rotundity as a liberation, Les Dawson used his to give a ridiculous wobble to his deadpan patter.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2012

Toby Jones plays the slavemaster of suspense; he captures with marvelous precision the glutinous rotundity of Hitchcock’s vowels, but his jowls leave something to be desired.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2012

Peter Van Houten wore a white linen suit, tailored to account for his rotundity, a powder-blue dress shirt, and a green tie.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

What if Goodyear and Firestone were to stop producing bulging pneumatic rotundities that tread softly and squeal raffishly?

From Time Magazine Archive

The intricate bumps and hollows, bosses and knots and smooth rotundities of the bodily landscape were generalized down to patches.

From Time Magazine Archive

The waist-strap, tightly drawn by the bulky weight of the wearer, separated his body into two vast rotundities, while his face was distorted and purple with the agony of suspense and suspension.

From The Rifle Rangers by Mayne Reid

A rude furnace made of fire-rock was the prominent feature of the place, and on it glimmered the pleasing rotundities of a small copper still.

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree

She merely sported, pursuing him with gay ridicule, mangling his pet quotations, smiling at his swelling rotundities.

From Lalage's Lovers by George A. Birmingham


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