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