Soundness
['saʊndnɪs]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Wholeness, entireness.[2]. Healthiness, vigor.[3]. Saneness.[4]. Correctness, truth, rectitude, validity.[5]. Firmness, strength, solidity.
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Examples
- 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. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But at first their exclusiveness is merely to preserve soundness of doctrine and worship, warned by such lamentable lapses as those of King Solomon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But they questioned the doctrinal soundness of Rome and the orthodox interpretation of the Bible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Featherstone's face required its whole scale of grimaces as a muscular outlet to his silent triumph in the soundness of his faculties. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There can be no doubt of the psychological soundness of this principle. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The boys were sleeping with such mysterious soundness, that it took five minutes a-piece to wake them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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