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Webster 1913 Edition
Soundly
Sound′ly
,adv.
In a sound manner.
Webster 1828 Edition
Soundly
SOUND'LY
,adv.
1.
Healthily; heartily.2.
Severely; lustily; with heavy blows; smartly; as, to beat one soundly.3.
Truly; without fallacy or error; as, to judge or reason soundly.4.
Firmly; as a doctrine soundly settled.5.
Fast; closely; so as not to be easily awakened; as, to sleep soundly.Definition 2025
soundly
soundly
English
Adverb
soundly (comparative more soundly, superlative most soundly)
- In a thorough manner; in manner free of defect or deficiency.
- He was soundly thrashed by the semi-professional boxer.
- 1899, William George Aston, A History of Japanese Literature, page 272:
- The wedding company, fatigued with their enjoyment of the previous night, slept soundly late into the next morning.
- 1911, L. D. Biagi, The Centaurians, Ch. I:
- My gold carried little weight with him, he was sincerely fond of me and consequently rated me soundly for all indiscretions, declaring I would regret wasting the best years of my life and deadening my vast talents […]
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in a thorough manner