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soundly

 adverb
     
sound‧ly
1 if you sleep soundly, you sleep deeply and peacefully:
The baby slept soundly all night.
2

soundly defeated/beaten/thrashed

completely defeated or severely punished:
The Republicans were soundly defeated.
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