adv. Also 5–6 sowndely(e, 5 soundely. [f. SOUND a. + -LY2.]
1. a. In or with safety; safely. Obs. exc. arch.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 1826. Antenor … fast vppon fote ferkyt to shippe,… Sailit on soundly as hym selfe lyket.
c. 1440. York Myst., xxxii. 358. Ȝis, certis, we schall saue þamefull soundely.
1888. Stevenson, Black Arrow, II. i. 100. ‘How ye are to cross Till I know not.’… ‘I can swim,’ returned Throgmorton: ‘I will come soundly, fear not.’
b. In a sound or healthy manner. rare–0.
1611. Cotgr., Sainement, healthfully, soundly.
c. Securely, closely. rare–1.
1632. Lithgow, Trav., I. 4. Sweete Ambrosian Nectar, soundly wrapt In my lock’d closet.
2. With reference to sleep, etc.: Deeply, profoundly; without disturbance or interruption.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 6057. Sore men & seke [he made] soundly to rest.
c. 1400. Melayne, 1524. Sowndely neuer sall þay slepe.
1548. Elyot, s.v. Somnus, I slepte more soundely then I was wont.
1576. Turberv., Venerie, 150. They sleepe soundlyer in those two moneths than at any other tyme.
1581. A. Hall, Iliad, IX. 171. Where Phœnix doth alone right soundly sleepe.
1624. Heywood, Gunaik., IV. 185. You watch the time when he is soundliest asleepe.
c. 1717. Prior, Epitaph, 11. They soundly slept the Night away.
1794. Mrs. Radcliffe, Myst. Udolpho, xlv. ‘He sleeps soundly then,’ said the count.
1827. Pollok, Course T., V. And all the winds slept soundly.
1847. C. Brontë, Jane Eyre, xi. At once weary and content, I slept soon and soundly.
3. In an ample, complete or thorough manner; thoroughly, properly, to the full.
1577. B. Googe, Heresbach’s Husb., II. (1586), 85. For that which is cut being greene and tender, dooth the sooner and the soundlier recouer himselfe.
1581. A. Hall, Iliad, X. 188. These two so valiant Greeks, through toile who soundly swet.
1597. A. M., trans. Guillemeau’s Fr. Chirurg., 8/1. The … peeces of bones beinge therin verye sovvndelye healed.
1602. Marston, Ant. & Mel., V. Wks. 1856, I. 56. Flatter her soundly.
1642–4. Vicars, God in Mount (1844), 160. Ours played soundly from Gosport with our Ordnance.
1678. Bunyan, Pilgr., I. 87. He was soundly bedabled with that kind of dirt.
1827. Carlyle, Germ. Rom., I. 161. The messengers had in the meantime been soundly galloped.
1829. Scott, Anne of G., xxxvi. Having disabled the cannon, and filled the German gunners soundly drunk.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 843. The wound, aided by skin-grafting, heals over soundly.
b. With verbs of beating, striking, defeating, reproving, etc.: Smartly, strongly, severely.
(a) 1596. Shaks., Tam. Shr., I. ii. 31. He bid me knocke him, & rap him soundly sir. Ibid. (1599), Hen. V., IV. vii. 136. If I can see my Gloue in his cappe,… I wil strike it out soundly.
1613. Purchas, Pilgrimage (1614), 483. The Prince caused him to be apprehended, and (being soundly whipped) to be banished.
1679. Wood, Life (O.H.S.), II. 473. John Dryeden the poet … was about 8 at night soundly cudgell’d by 3 men.
1726. Swift, Gulliver, II. iii. The dwarf was soundly whipped.
1847. C. Brontë, Jane Eyre, iv. She shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears.
1868. Smith’s Dict. Gr. & Rom. Biog., II. 1086/2. Sallust the historian was soundly scourged by Milo.
(b) 1647. Digges, Unlawf. Taking Arms, § 2. 54. You need not doubt but your enemies wil be soundly worsted.
1718. Swift, Left-handed Letter, 17. So the French, when our generals soundly did pay ’em, Went triumphant to church, and sang stoutly Te Deum.
1851. Dickens, Hist. Eng., i. 19. He beat them twice; though not so soundly.
1884. Daily News, 2 Aug., 5/3. The Players were among the very few teams which defeated them, and that soundly.
(c) 1692. E. Walker, trans. Epictetus’ Mor., liv. 91. When you find Some one to lew’d discourse too much inclin’d, Lecture him soundly for it.
1828. Carr, Craven Gloss., s.v., ‘I gav it him soundly,’ i. e. I severely reprobated his conduct.
1863. Cowden Clarke, Shaks. Char., viii. 200. She rates Sir Toby, and soundly, about his late hours.
1885. Manch. Exam., 17 March, 5/4. Lord Salisbury … rated them soundly on the subject of their desertion of Sir S. Northcote.
c. Dearly, heavily, in respect of payment, etc.
1610. Shaks., Temp., II. ii. 81. Hee shall pay for him that hath him, and that soundly.
1632. Lithgow, Trav., I. 38. We had payd soundly for his Leachery.
1642. Fuller, Holy & Prof. St., III. xxv. 232. Let them soundly suffer for it themselves.
1706. E. Ward, Wooden World Diss. (1708), 15. Except he pay him soundly for a license.
† 4. In accordance with the principles of true religion; with sound or orthodox views. Obs.
1574. Whitgift, Def. Aunsw., i. 74. If we say that in those poyntes whiche we holde from them, that wee thinke soundlyer than they doe, we are readie to proue it.
1581. R. Goade, in Confer., II. (1584), N iij. Shall euery particular point of errour in doctrine depriue a man of saluation, holding soundly ye foundation Christ?
1608. Downame, in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1909), April, 245. This Church of England … did hold … all substantiall points of diuinity as soundly as any church in the world.
1676. Hale, Contempl., I. 171. These be some of those Principal Objects of that Faith that overcometh the world, being soundly received, and digested.
5. With sound judgment or good practical common-sense; according to sound or well-founded principles; without fallacy or error.
1594. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., I. xvi. § 2. Soundly to judge of a law.
1621. T. Williamson, trans. Goulart’s Wise Vieillard, 197. Let posteritie iudge more soundly then wee of what we doe want.
1668. Davenant, Man’s the Master, I. i. I never found my self so much inclin’d to reasoning, and, if you please, let’s consult soundly.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, x. More learned than soundly wise.
1858. Stanley, Life Arnold, II. ix. 146. The power of seeing truth and judging soundly.
1875. E. White, Life in Christ, II. xiii. (1876), 168. From this it may be soundly inferred that the belief in the resurrection to eternal life was of primeval antiquity.
1884. Law Rep. 13 Q. B. D. 448. The discretion of the learned judge was soundly exercised with reference to the question.
