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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOUND'LY, adv. [from sound, entire.]
1. Healthily; heartily.
2. Severely; lustily; with heavy blows; smartly; as, to beat one soundly.
3. Truly; without fallacy or error; as, to judge or reason soundly.
4. Firmly; as a doctrine soundly settled.
5. Fast; closely; so as not to be easily awakened; as, to sleep soundly.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "the baby is sleeping soundly"
2: completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'); "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good" [syn: thoroughly, soundly, good]

Merriam Webster's

adverb see sound I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Soundly Sound"ly, adv. In a sound manner.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If someone is soundly defeated or beaten, they are severely defeated or beaten. Duke was soundly defeated in this month's Louisiana governor's race. ADV: ADV -ed 2. If a decision, opinion, or statement is soundly based, there are sensible or reliable reasons behind it. Changes must be soundly based in economic reality. ADV: ADV -ed [approval] 3. If you sleep soundly, you sleep deeply and do not wake during your sleep. How can he sleep soundly at night?... She was too soundly asleep to hear Stefano's return. = deeply ADV: ADV after v, ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. 1. Thoroughly, satisfactorily, well. 2. Healthily, heartily. 3. Severely, lustily, smartly, stoutly. 4. Truly, correctly, rightly. 5. Firmly, strongly. 6. Fast, deeply, profoundly.