# soundly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈsaʊnd.lɪ/ · frequency rank #30,238

## Definitions
1. In a thorough manner; in manner free of defect or deficiency.

## Etymology
From Middle English soundly, soundely, from Old English ġesundlīċe (“safely, prosperously, gladly”), equivalent to sound + -ly. Originally meaning "safely", the present sense came in the 16ᵗʰ century.

## Easily confused with
- **sounds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soundly-vs-sounds)
- **Sunday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soundly-vs-sunday)
- **sundry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soundly-vs-sundry)
- **sound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sound-vs-soundly)
- **sounded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sounded-vs-soundly)
- **solidly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solidly-vs-soundly)

## Common misspellings (11)
`osundly`, `sonudly`, `soudnly`, `sounddly`, `soundlly`, `soundlyy`, `soundyl`, `sounldy`, `sounndly`, `ssoundly`, `suondly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/soundly