English → Latin
“soundly” in Latin
probusgood, serviceable, excellent, superior, able; upright, honest, virtuous, moral, provenvaldēvery, very much, exceedingly; strongly, vigorously, intenselyvehemēnsvery eager; impetuous, ardent, furious; vehement; emphaticgravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hardāreōto be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
soundly
probe: valde: vehementer: graviter. To beat soundly, scold soundly; Vid: the adjective. To sleep soundly, arte [= arete] et graviter dormitare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for soundly?
- The usual Latin words for “soundly” are probus, valdē, vehemēns; also gravis, āreō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.