Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of a person's development or education, having a balanced variety of attributes. 2 Of a person's body shape, being plump, shapely or curvaceous. 3 Of language, using words which have been carefully chosen. alt. 1 Of a person's development or education, having a balanced variety of attributes. 2 Of a person's body shape, being plump, shapely or curvaceous. 3 Of language, using words which have been carefully chosen.
WordNet
adj. many-sided; "an all-around athlete"; "a well-rounded curriculum" [syn: all-around(a), all-round(a)]
Usage examples of "well-rounded".
If you have the well-rounded goals of optimal weight loss, antiaging, and wellness, your H.
That means that you must be even more careful to make your characters balanced and well-rounded, not less so.
Although I had taken no great notice of her, I could see that she possessed all the qualifications a man could desire in a woman: fine features, lively eyes, a pretty mouth, and an excellent row of teeth, a healthy complexion, a well-rounded bosom a curved back, and all else in the same sort.
In this dress the voluptuous and well-rounded form of Marcoline was displayed to so much advantage, that if she had shewn herself in the street all Marseilles would have run after her, for, in spite of her man's dress, anybody could see that she was a girl.
But Leonardo was a well-rounded man, something which the Affirmers are not-and something which I am beginning to admit I am not.
Instead of overloading us with their world-building and the maps and glossaries typical of so much fantasy, the Hendees provide well-rounded characters that go a lot further than maps in making a lively fantasy world.
As he does in all of his work, Modesitt skillfully interweaves with the nonstop action and the fast-moving plot well-rounded characters, a compelling and believable alien world, and, above all, philosophical discussions of power and the consequences of its misuse.
Of course, in almost every story, a combination of two or more of these motivations is necessary to produce a well-rounded hero and a well-rounded villain.
Delphi silently pointed to Adrian, and the man who had tied Pitt pulled a small case from his pocket, inserted a needle into a hypodermic, and then lifted the the hem of Adrian's short muumuu, unceremoniously jabbing the needle into one well-rounded buttock's cheek.
On _Donahue_ and _Oprah_, representatives from major corporations said in panel discussions that they were looking for well-rounded individuals, not just business majors but liberal arts majors.
Burnishing the horizontal pictures, it broke up against these in delicate lines where there were cracks in the varnish, and from all these great black squares framed in with gold stood out here and there some lighter portion of the painting—a pale brow, two eyes that looked at you, perukes flowing over and powdering red-coated shoulders, or the buckle of a garter above a well-rounded calf.