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soundly

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of soundly

to a full extent or degree

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

all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, fully, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wide
Words Related to soundly

absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly

basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially

abundantly, copiously, generously, greatly
Phrases Synonymous with soundly

all the way, at length, down the line, down to the ground, for fair, in whole, to bits, to pieces, to the hilt, to the max
Near Antonyms of soundly

barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially

approximately, roughly, somewhat
Antonyms of soundly

half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly

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  1. Spanish Central: Translation of soundly Nglish: Translation of soundly for Spanish speakers

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