LekhoriLekhoriFirmly 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].
In a firmly grounded manner; solidly.
Walke groundly, / Talke profoundly, / Drinke roundly, / Sleape ſoundly.
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 wh...
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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:[…]