Meanings
comparative more soundheaded · superlative most soundheaded
- Of sound mind; sensible and intelligent.
Say the worst of them, they are soundheaded. They have a ready comprehension for great thoughts.
1910, George Meredith, Celt and Saxon1 more example
[…] the subject of manufactures and commerce; on which the soundheaded, though blunt-spoken Fleming, was well qualified to instruct an intelligent monarch.
1842, Tales of the Crusaders, Walter Scott, page 166
Origin
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