Definitions for soundly
sound·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. soundlyadverb

   deeply or completely

   "slept soundly through the storm"; "the baby is sleeping soundly"

2. thoroughly, soundly, goodadverb

   completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')

   "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. soundlyadverb

   In a thorough manner, firmly, completely.

   He was soundly thrashed by the semi-professional boxer.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Soundlyadverb

   Etymology: from sound.

   1. Healthily; heartily.2. Lustily; stoutly; strongly.

   When Duncan is asleep,
   Whereto the rather shall this hard day’s journey
   Soundly invite him. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   They did ply
   My feet and hands with cords, and to the mast
   With other halfers made me soundly fast. George Chapman, Odyssey.

   Who had so often in your aid
   So many ways been soundly paid;
   Came in at last for better ends. Hudibras.

   Have no concern,
   Provided Punch, for there’s the jest,
   Be soundly maul’d, and plague the rest. Jonathan Swift.

   Their nobility and gentry are one half ruined, banished, or converted: they all soundly feel the smart of the last Irish war. Jonathan Swift.

   3. Truly; rightly.

   The wisest are always the readiest to acknowledge, that soundly to judge of a law is the weightiest thing which any man can take upon him. Richard Hooker.

   The doctrine of the church of England, expressed in the thirty-nine articles, is so soundly and orthodoxly settled, as cannot be questioned without extreme danger to our religion. Francis Bacon.

   4. Fast; closely.

   Now when that idle dream was to him brought,
   Unto that elfen knight he bad him fly,
   Where he slept soundly, void of evil thought. Fairy Queen.

   When the succession of ideas ceases, our perception of duration ceases with it, which every one experiments whilst he sleeps soundly. John Locke.

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1. soundly

   Soundly generally means in a thorough or unambiguous way, completely or securely. It can also refer to being characterized by good health or logic, as in "soundly sleeping" or "soundly reasoned argument". Its interpretation typically depends on the context where it is used.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Soundlyadverb

   in a sound manner

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How to pronounce soundly?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say soundly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of soundly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of soundly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of soundly in a Sentence

1. Barack Obama:

   We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   He should be soundly defeated, it should start in the Republican Party - grow a backbone ! Stand up to this guy ! And heaven forbid if he gets the nomination, he needs to be defeated roundly and sent back to Mar-a-Lago.

3. Tom Osborne:

   I know people talk about how USC beat Alabama in Birmingham the year before we beat Alabama rather soundly in Miami, but I also know that our game in that Orange Bowl was a big factor that began to erode the color barriers even more in the South.

4. Bryan Gottlieb:

   I was sleeping pretty soundly, and I woke up with the feeling that I would surely be landing in JFK soon.

5. Donald Trump on Wednesday:

   He was left helpless to die as Hillary Clinton soundly slept in Hillary Clinton bed -- that's right, when the phone rang at 3 o'clock in the morning, Hillary Clinton was sleeping, ambassador Ambassador Chris Stevens and Ambassador Chris Stevens staff in Libya made hundreds of requests for security. Hillary Clinton’s State Department refused them all. Hillary Clinton started the war that put Ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya, denied Ambassador Chris Stevens the security Ambassador Chris Stevens asked for, then left Ambassador Chris Stevens there to die.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=soundly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Soundly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=soundly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soundly
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=soundly