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Spell Bee Word: soundly


Basic Details

Word: Soundly

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: Deeply and peacefully (when sleeping); also completely or thoroughly, as in soundly beaten.

Synonyms: deeply, thoroughly, completely, firmly

Antonyms: lightly, restlessly

How to Spell Soundly

Syllables: sound - ly

Tricky part: The d is often dropped in speech, giving sounly. It is sound and ly, nothing in between.

Watch out for: sounly, soundely, soundley

Memory tip: Find the word sound inside soundly, with its ou and its d; the ly simply hangs on the end.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The baby slept soundly through the thunderstorm.

Example 2: Our team was soundly beaten in the final, losing 0-5.

Example 3: The old bridge was soundly built and has stood through a hundred monsoons.

Fun Fact

Sound meaning healthy comes from Old English gesund, a cousin of the German Gesundheit said after a sneeze. Sound meaning noise is a different word, from Latin sonus.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word soundly as used in the sentence:

Tired after the long trek, the scouts slept soundly in their tents.

a) deeply
b) briefly
c) lightly
d) badly

Show answer

a) deeply. Sleeping soundly means sleeping deeply, without waking.

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters:

so_nd_y

a) w, l
b) u, e
c) u, l
d) o, l

Show answer

c) u, l. The vowel sound is the ou of loud, and the word ends in -ly.

Spell-o-Spell

Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:

1. drowsyly 2. restlesly 3. hungrilly 4. soundly

a) in a way that shows great hunger
b) in a sleepy, heavy way
c) deeply and without waking
d) without being able to keep still or relax

Show answer

c) deeply and without waking. Restlessly keeps both s's, drowsily changes y to i and hungrily has one l.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a team is soundly beaten, it ____.

a) loses by a big margin
b) draws the match
c) wins by one point
d) does not play at all

Show answer

a) loses by a big margin

2. In 'a sound argument', sound means ____.

a) noisy
b) sensible
c) loud
d) musical

Show answer

b) sensible

Associated Words

realizedellipticalfacilitateconjugationentreaty
hierarchicalcontinuousconsideringvacancyparenthesis

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