groundly

Examples of groundly in a sentence

• Why we are both but dead, the Duke hates vs, / And thoſe whome Princes doe once groundly hate, / Let them prouide to dye; as ſure as fate, / Preuention is the hart of pollicie.c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act...
• Remember all yee that by this roune be to paſſ, / And groundly revolue in yowr remembrance, / Both the world is frayle and britle as glaſſ, / The end is death of euery many chance: […]1631, John Weever, “Ancient Funerall Monuments within the Diocesse of London”, in Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of...
• In benzene hydrogenation and ethane hydrogenolysis the change of activity is distinct in the region of small metal particles, but too slight to discuss its reasons groundly.1980, Y. I. Yermakov, “Anchored Complexes in Fundamental Catalytic Research”, in T. Seiyama, K. Tanabe, editors, New Horizons in Catalysis...

Synonyms of groundly

• groundedly

Forms of groundly

Origin of groundly

From Middle English groundli, growndly, grundlich (“firm, solid; deep, profound; fundamental, radical; of a person: learned, well-grounded”) [and other forms], from ground (“surface of the earth on which one stands; earth, soil; burial site; field of battle, battleground; dry land; flat land; piece of land; region; country; the earth; lowest part, base, bottom; foundation; platform; basis for a doctrine, opinion, etc.; fundamental principle; source; background (of a painting, etc.)”) (from Old English grund (“ground; bottom, foundation; abyss”), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz (“ground; foundation”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound; to grumble, roar, thunder”)) + -li (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as ground + -ly (suffix forming adjectives), and is cognate with German gründlich (“careful, thorough; deep, profound”), Swedish grundlig (“thorough; in depth; profound; radical”).

From Middle English groundli, groundly, grundliche (“strongly, vehemently, violently; completely, fully, thoroughly; basically, fundamentally”) [and other forms], from ground (see etymology 1) + -li (suffix forming adverbs). The English word is analysable as ground + -ly (suffix forming adverbs).

Words formed from groundly

• groundliness

Questions about groundly

What does groundly mean?

Groundly means firmly grounded; solid; of education: complete, thorough, well-grounded.

How do you use groundly in a sentence?

Why we are both but dead, the Duke hates vs, / And thoſe whome Princes doe once groundly hate, / Let them prouide to dye; as ſure as fate, / Preuention is the hart of pollicie.

What part of speech is groundly?

Groundly can be an adjective or an adverb.

How do you pronounce groundly?

Groundly is pronounced /ˈɡɹaʊndli/ (UK).