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How to pronounce soundly in English?

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Synonyms good, thoroughly


he was soundly defeated.
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slept soundly through the storm.
the baby is sleeping soundly.

Examples of soundly

soundly
Both were soundly defeated, amid reports of pointed exchanges during the debate.
From the washingtontimes.com
The FTC soundly rejected this proposal, and such a list will not be implemented.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Stanley is a former town mayor who was soundly defeated in the recent elections.
From the en.wikipedia.org
How soundly did Oregon dominate USC during the 24-0 run in the final 26 minutes?
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
It's almost identical to Amendment 48, which was soundly defeated two years ago.
From the denverpost.com
The bad ones are tonight behind bars and you may all sleep soundly in your beds.
From the guardian.co.uk
How did Ivanovic reverse the direction of the match and soundly defeat Stephens?
From the straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com
To McCain's surprise, his well-intentioned but naive motion was soundly defeated.
From the businessweek.com
My cat appears to sleep more soundly when nestled with a discarded sweaty sock.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "the baby is sleeping soundly"
  • Thoroughly: completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'); "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good"
  • In a thorough manner, firmly, completely