well-rounded

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  • IPA(key): /ˌwɛlˈɹaʊndɪd/

Adjective

well-rounded (comparative more well-rounded, superlative most well-rounded)

  1. Of a person's development or education, having a balanced variety of attributes.
    • 2025 June 25, Joseph Bernstein, “Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2025-06-26:
      “It’s a problem if anyone isn’t taking advantage of an incredible artistic medium,” he said. “It’s hurtful not to be well-rounded.”
  2. Of a person's body shape, being plump, shapely or curvaceous.
  3. Of language, using words which have been carefully chosen.
    • 1917, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Long Live the King!:
      Afterward, in his small room, Nikky composed a neat, well-rounded speech, in which he expressed his loyalty, gratitude, and undying devotion to the Crown Prince. It was an elegant little speech. Unluckily, the occasion for it had gone by two hours.

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