groundly
/ˈɡɹaʊndli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[A]fter. iiii. yeres was passyd, the sayd two bretherne [Lothair I and Louis the German], withoute defyaunce or groundly cause of warre, assigned or assemblyd a great hoost, such lyke before this daye had not ben seen, and entryd the lymyttys of kynge Charlys [Charles the Bald]."
- "[I]t was therfore thought unto the Kings Highnes and his Counsail expedient, bifore the depeche of this post, to have a mature and groundly consultacion, by deliberate advice, for the more perfite instruccion to be geven unto you in al suche thinges as may occurre and chaunce touching the said commyn matiers; […]"
- "10ᵇ–20ᵃ is occupied by No. 3: A groundly Inſtruction, wherin the difference betwixt God the Father, and his Son the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, is declared, according to the ſpirituall and heavenly underſtanding."
- "[W]e construct binaries, such as: male/female, Black/White, being/not being, presence/absence, among others as [Jacques] Derrida has masterfully explained, these binary opposition favor the "groundly" term, the one that supposedly articulates the fundamentals. Hence, woman is everything a man is not."
- "Walke groundly, / Talke profoundly, / Drinke roundly, / Sleape ſoundly."
- "If thou wilt ſing on good Friday, thou haſt a commendation of the Pſalme, 93. for then was the houſe of Gods Church builded and groundly founded, though the enemies went about to hinder it: […]"
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɹaʊndli/
- British English: /ˈɡɹaʊndli/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more groundly (comparative)
most groundly (superlative)
groundley (alternative)
groundlie (alternative)