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Soundly

adv

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

    "He was soundly thrashed by the semi-professional boxer."

Adverb
  1. 1
    completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’) wordnet
  2. 2
    deeply or completely wordnet

Etymology

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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