Definition of "soundly"

soundly

/ˈsaʊnd.lɪ/

adverb
comparative more soundly, superlative most soundly
1. In a thorough manner; in manner free of defect or deficiency.
  Quotations
  Pro. Let them be hunted ſoundly : At this houre / Lies at my mercy all mine enemies : […]
  1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene i], page 16
  Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word.
  1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IV, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], pages 42–43
  The wedding company, fatigued with their enjoyment of the previous night, slept soundly late into the next morning.
  1899, William George Aston, A History of Japanese Literature, page 272
  My gold carried little weight with him, he was sincerely fond of me and consequently rated me soundly for all indiscretions, declaring I would regret wasting the best years of my life and deadening my vast talents […]
  1911, L. D. Biagi, The Centaurians, Ch. I