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soundly, adv.|ˈsaʊndlɪ|
Also 5–6 sowndely(e, 5 soundely.
[f. sound a. + -ly2.]
1. a. In or with safety; safely. Obs. exc. arch.
c1400Destr. Troy 1826 Antenor..fast vppon fote ferkyt to shippe,..Sailit on soundly as hym selfe lyket. c1440York Myst. xxxii. 358 Ȝis, certis, we schall saue þame full soundely. 1888Stevenson Black Arrow ii. i. 100 ‘How ye are to cross Till I know not’... ‘I can swim,’ returned Throgmorton. ‘I will come soundly, fear not.’
b. In a sound or healthy manner. rare—0.
1611Cotgr., Sainement, healthfully, soundly.
c. Securely, closely. rare—1.
1632Lithgow Trav. i. 4 Sweete Ambrosian Nectar, soundly wrapt In my lock'd closet.
2. With reference to sleep, etc.: Deeply, profoundly; without disturbance or interruption.
c1400Destr. Troy 6057 Sore men & seke [he made] soundly to rest. c1400Melayne 1524 Sowndely neuer sall þay slepe. 1548Elyot s.v. Somnus, I slepte more soundely then I was wont. 1576Turberv. Venerie 150 They sleepe soundlyer in those two moneths than at any other tyme. 1581A. Hall Iliad ix. 171 Where Phœnix doth alone right soundly sleepe. 1624Heywood Gunaik. iv. 185 You watch the time when he is soundliest asleepe. c1717Prior Epitaph 11 They soundly slept the Night away. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xlv, ‘He sleeps soundly then,’ said the count. 1820R. Pollok Course T. v, And all the winds slept soundly. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre xi, At once weary and content, I slept soon and soundly.
3. In an ample, complete, or thorough manner; thoroughly, properly, to the full.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 85 For that which is cut being greene and tender, dooth the sooner and the soundlier recouer himselfe. 1581A. Hall Iliad x. 188 These two so valiant Greeks, through toile who soundly swet. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 7 b/2 The peeces of bones beinge therein verye sowndelye healed. 1602Marston Ant. & Mel. v. Wks. 1856 I. 56 Flatter her soundly. 1642–4Vicars God in Mount (1844) 160 Ours played soundly from Gosport with our Ordnance. 1678Bunyan Pilgr. i. 87 He was soundly bedabled with that kind of dirt. 1827Carlyle Germ. Rom. I. 161 The messengers had in the meantime been soundly galloped. 1829Scott Anne of G. xxxvi, Having disabled the cannon, and filled the German gunners soundly drunk. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 843 The wound, aided by skin-grafting, heals over soundly.
b. With verbs of beating, striking, defeating, reproving, etc.: Smartly, strongly, severely.
(a)1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. ii. 31 He bid me knocke him, & rap him soundly sir. 1599― Hen. V, iv. vii. 136 If I can see my Gloue in his cappe,..I wil strike it out soundly. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 483 The Prince caused him to be apprehended, and (being soundly whipped) to be banished. 1679Wood Life (O.H.S.) II. 473 John Dryeden the poet..was about 8 at night soundly cudgell'd by 3 men. 1726Swift Gulliver ii. iii, The dwarf was soundly whipped. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre iv, She shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears. 1868Smith's Dict. Gr. & Rom. Biog. II. 1086/2 Sallust the historian was soundly scourged by Milo.
(b)1647Digges Unlawf. Taking Arms §2. 54 You need not doubt but your enemies wil be soundly worsted. 1718Swift Left handed Letter 17 So the French, when our generals soundly did pay 'em, Went triumphant to church, and sang stoutly Te Deum. 1851Dickens Hist. Eng. i. 19 He beat them twice; though not so soundly. 1884Daily News 2 Aug. 5/3 The Players were among the very few teams which defeated them, and that soundly.
(c)1692E. Walker tr. Epictetus' Mor. liv, Lecture him soundly for it. 1828Carr Craven Gloss. s.v., ‘I gav it him soundly,’ i.e. I severely reprobated his conduct. 1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. viii. 200 She rates Sir Toby, and soundly, about his late hours. 1885Manch. Exam. 17 Mar. 5/4 Lord Salisbury..rated them soundly on the subject of their desertion of Sir S. Northcote.
c. Dearly, heavily, in respect of payment, etc.
1610Shakes. Temp. ii. ii. 81 Hee shall pay for him that hath him, and that soundly. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 38 We had payd soundly for his Leachery. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. xxv. 232 Let them soundly suffer for it themselves. 1706E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 15 Except he pay him soundly for a license.
†4. In accordance with the principles of true religion; with sound or orthodox views. Obs.
1574Whitgift Def. Aunsw. i. 74 If we say that in those poyntes whiche we holde from them, that wee thinke soundlyer than they doe, we are readie to proue it. 1581R. Goade in Conf. ii. (1584) N iij, Shall euery particular point of errour in doctrine depriue a man of saluation, holding soundly y⊇ foundation Christ? 1608Downame in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1909) Apr. 245 This Church of England..did hold..all substantiall points of diuinity as soundly as any church in the world. 1676Hale Contempl. i. 171 These be some of those Principal Objects of that Faith that over⁓cometh the world, being soundly received, and digested.
5. With sound judgement or good practical common-sense; according to sound or well-founded principles; without fallacy or error.
1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. i. xvi. §2 Soundly to judge of a law. 1621T. Williamson tr. Goulart's Wise Vieillard 197 Let posteritie iudge more soundly then wee of what wee doe want. 1668Davenant Man's the Master i. i, I never found my self so much inclin'd to reasoning, and, if you please, let's consult soundly. 1818Scott Rob Roy x, More learned than soundly wise. 1858Stanley Life Arnold II. ix. 146 The power of seeing truth and judging soundly. 1875E. White Life in Christ ii. xiii. (1878) 152 From this it may be soundly inferred that the belief..was of primeval antiquity. 1884Law Rep. 13 Q.B.D. 448 The discretion of the learned judge was soundly exercised with reference to the question. |