Soundly
['saʊndli]
Definition
(adv.) deeply or completely; 'slept soundly through the storm'; 'the baby is sleeping soundly'.
Typist: Pearl--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a sound manner.
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Examples
- Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Receive at parting;' here he gave him a southern embrace, and kissed him soundly on both cheeks; 'the word of a gentleman! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- So each of the young men drank six bottles, and behold they felt very tired, then, and lay down and slept soundly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And sleeping soundly. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr. Bell slept soundly, after his unusual exercise through the day. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- On this particular day I was soundly rated. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At once weary and content, I slept soon and soundly: when I awoke it was broad day. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I went to bed again very early, and slept very soundly till next morning. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It was the last self-exhausting effort of my fretfulness, for after that I slept soundly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She said she did this to tire herself well, that she might sleep soundly at night. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- How soundly the dormitory slept! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The operator was still sleeping soundly. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- On the night of the birthday, however, there was an exception to the rule--you slept soundly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But she was sleeping well and soundly and she did not wake. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She rated Caroline soundly for being a member of the Established Church, and for having an uncle a clergyman. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Everybody was excited, except the fat boy, and he slept as soundly as if the roaring of cannon were his ordinary lullaby. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- How soundly I have slept! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Well, he slept, for he was tired,--slept soundly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Charley was wonderful to see, she was so radiant and so rosy; and we both enjoyed the whole day and slept soundly the whole night. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I fell asleep in her arms, after that, and slept soundly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I left her, and soon heard that she slept soundly under the influence of the opiate I had administered. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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