soundly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   completely and absolutely

   I was soundly defeated on the paintball range.

2. 2
   adv

   deeply or completely

   Slept soundly through the storm.

3. 3
   adv

   In a thorough manner; in manner free of defect or deficiency.

   He was soundly thrashed by the semi-professional boxer.

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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