transcription, транскрипция: [ saʊndli ]
1.
If someone is soundly defeated or beaten, they are severely defeated or beaten.
Duke was soundly defeated in this month’s Louisiana governor’s race.
ADV : ADV -ed
2.
If a decision, opinion, or statement is soundly based, there are sensible or reliable reasons behind it.
Changes must be soundly based in economic reality.
ADV : ADV -ed [ approval ]
3.
If you sleep soundly , you sleep deeply and do not wake during your sleep.
How can he sleep soundly at night?...
She was too soundly asleep to hear Stefano’s return.
= deeply
ADV : ADV after v , ADV adj