soundly

comparative more soundly · superlative most soundly

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

   He was soundly thrashed by the semi-professional boxer.

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   Pro. Let them be hunted ſoundly : At this houre / Lies at my mercy all mine enemies :[…]

   1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 16

   Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word.

   1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IV, in Jane Eyre. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 42–43

   The wedding company, fatigued with their enjoyment of the previous night, slept soundly late into the next morning.

   1899, William George Aston, A History of Japanese Literature, page 272

   My gold carried little weight with him, he was sincerely fond of me and consequently rated me soundly for all indiscretions, declaring I would regret wasting the best years of my life and deadening my vast talents […]

   1911, L. D. Biagi, The Centaurians, Ch. I

   Synonyms: completely, deeply, firmly, fully, perfectly, roundly, thoroughly, totally