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soundly

/ˈsaʊnd.lɪ/ adverb

adverb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about soundly at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Deeply or completely.
    slept soundly through the storm
  2. Completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly').
    he was soundly defeated

Origin

From Middle English soundly, soundely, from Old English ġesundlīċe (“safely, prosperously, gladly”), equivalent to sound + -ly. Originally meaning "safely", the present sense came in the 16ᵗʰ century.

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