Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: soundly
IPA transcription: [s'aŹŠndli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: thoroughly, soundly, good
    Meaning: completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'); "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good"
  • Synonyms: soundly
    Meaning: deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "the baby is sleeping soundly"
Usage examples
  • "Go to bed, Planchet, and sleep soundly."
  • But of late, it is a rare thing that I sleep soundly at night.
  • Their father scolded them both soundly, and there was an end of it.
  • They went to bed and slept soundly, and the next morning the father departed, weeping bitterly.
  • And he did fall asleep at once, and slept soundly without dreams, but waked early, at seven o'clock, when it was broad daylight.
  • Now he fortified himself with two or three glasses of strong whisky and went to bed, taking his vixen into his arms, where he slept soundly.
  • Corny kept awake as long as he could, fearing to dream and fall; but by-and-by he dropped off, and slept soundly till the chill of dawn waked him.
  • Clouds hid the moon, everything was obscure, and I heard only the sound of the boat as its keel cut through the waves; the murmur lulled me, and in a short time I slept soundly.
  • Then for twenty minutes he slept soundly, and at the end of that he woke himself with one of his own snorts. "By George!" he said, jumping up and standing on the rug, "we'll have some coffee;" and after that he did not sleep any more.
  • But the youngest said, 'I don't know how it is, while you are so happy I feel very uneasy; I am sure some mischance will befall us.' 'You simpleton,' said the eldest, 'you are always afraid; have you forgotten how many kings' sons have already watched in vain? And as for this soldier, even if I had not given him his sleeping draught, he would have slept soundly enough.'