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# soundly

«soundly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Deeply and well, of sleep: «sleep soundly»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (soundly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Deeply and well, of sleep: «sleep soundly». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/#m1)

2) Completely or heavily, of a defeat or punishment: «beaten soundly». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/#m2)

3) In a sensible, reliable or well-built way: «soundly made», «soundly argued». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life parents hope children «sleep soundly». In sport news a team «soundly beaten» lost by a lot. In science and essays a «soundly based» idea rests on good evidence.

### examples

- The baby slept soundly all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/#x1)
- Our team was soundly beaten 6–0. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/#x2)
- The bridge was soundly built and lasted 200 years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/#x3)
- Her plan was soundly thought out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/#x4)
- He was soundly told off for lying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/#x5)
- After the long walk, we all slept soundly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/#x6)
- After that he lay down and slept soundly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «sound» (meaning healthy, solid, deep), not from «sound» (noise). «Safe and sound» means safe and unhurt.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «soundly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soundly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.