Synonyms of soundly

soundly

adverb

as in fully

to a full extent or degree

we'll keep working at it until you're soundly satisfied with the result

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fully
• completely
• quite
• perfectly
• totally
• utterly
• thoroughly
• all
• wholly
• well
• even
• entirely
• fast
• exactly
• absolutely
• out
• wide
• entire
• heartily
• enough
• clean
• flat
• dead
• for fair
• all the way
• altogether
• at length
• to pieces
• to bits
• basically
• all over
• in whole
• full
• down the line
• substantially
• down to the ground
• categorically
• plumb
• largely
• to the max
• cold
• generally
• mostly
• through and through
• to the hilt
• downright
• plain
• unqualifiedly
• greatly
• all of
• principally
• mainly
• chiefly
• primarily
• predominantly
• generously
• predominately
• copiously
• abundantly
• stone-cold
• stone
• overall
• by and large
• hands down
• more or less

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• partially
• partly
• halfway
• just
• slightly
• half
• incompletely
• barely
• scarcely
• minimally
• hardly
• marginally
• somewhat
• superficially
• approximately
• roughly
• part
• kind of

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of soundly

In Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District, Luke Bronin, the former mayor of Hartford, soundly defeated 14-term incumbent John Larson in a race that was defined more by their 30-year age gap than any policy differences. — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Seemingly more significantly, Missourians voted on amendments that would have limited the initiative petition process and eliminated the state’s income tax — both of which were soundly rejected. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

All helped people sleep more soundly and wake up less often during the night. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026

Participants gained more total sleep time, fell asleep faster, slept more soundly and woke less during the night. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

North Dakota's 2024 Initiated Measure 4, which would have effectively banned local governments from imposing property taxes, was defeated soundly amidst concerns surrounding its impact on local government budgets. — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 July 2026

At the train station, a beggar was sleeping soundly on a bench. — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

Orbán was soundly defeated in the April election by a center-right challenger, Péter Magyar and his Tisza party. — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026

On Tuesday, Uzbekistan was soundly thrashed by Portugal 5-0 — significantly reducing the country's chances to qualify for the next round of play in this World Cup, the first ever for a Central Asian nation. — Charles Maynes, NPR, 27 June 2026