2 definitions
for soundly
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Soundly \Sound"ly\, adv.
In a sound manner.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
soundly
adv 1: deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "is
sound asleep" [syn: sound]
2: in a complete and thorough manner (`good' is sometimes used
informally for `thoroughly'); "he was soundly defeated";
"we beat him good" [syn: thoroughly, good]