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Definition of Soundingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soundingly
Literary usage of Soundingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"For whereas, on the one hand, he has no attendant to slap him soundingly and
require him in gruff accents to come up and come over, still, on the other hand ..."
2. The Days Before by Katherine Anne Porter (1918)
"and then would dare to go back for it, and roll it away soundingly into safety.
I am inclined to think that a certain pleasure was attendant on these ..."
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