Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: soundness
IPA transcription: [s'aʊndnəs]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: firmness, soundness
    Meaning: the muscle tone of healthy tissue; "his muscular firmness"
  • Synonyms: wisdom, wiseness, soundness
    Meaning: the quality of being prudent and sensible
  • Synonyms: soundness
    Meaning: a state or condition free from damage or decay
Usage examples
  • The strength of a given criticism is determined by asking: Does it in any way impair the soundness of the argument against which it is directed?
  • The soundness of his reasoning is amply justified by the perfection of results obtained in the new type of storage battery bearing his name, and now to be described.
  • Next morning Dr. Lambert rather enviously congratulated the boy on the fact that stones and roots evidently did not interfere with the soundness of his sleep; to which the boy responded, "Well, Doctor, you see it isn't very long since I used to take fourteen china animals to bed with me every night!"