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groundly¹

  • /ˈɡɹaʊndli/ US, UK

Where it comes from

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”).

adjective more groundly · most groundly · groundley · groundlie

  1. archaic, rare Firmly grounded; solid; of education: complete, thorough, well-grounded. [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].

groundly²

  • /ˈɡɹaʊndli/ US, UK

Where it comes from

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).

adverb more groundly · most groundly

  1. archaic, rare In a firmly grounded manner; solidly. Walke groundly, / Talke profoundly, / Drinke roundly, / Sleape ſoundly.

    Similar: groundedly

  2. archaic, rare To the very ground or bottom; deeply, profoundly; completely, thoroughly. […] Isope cast his chere to Beryn so groundly, / That atte last there was no man with Isope so pryvy:[…]

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@misc{groundly_2026,
  title = {groundly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/groundly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}