adverb
- Deeply or completely.
- usage: "slept soundly through the storm"; "the baby is sleeping soundly"
- Completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'. )
- usage: "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good"
- synonyms: thoroughly, good
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