groundly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹaʊndli/
Forms: form: more groundly
form: most groundly
form: groundley
form: groundlie
Etymology: 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”).
Senses: examples: text: [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].
ref: 1516, Robert Fabyan, “[Pars Sexta.] Capitulum C.lx.iii.”, in Henry Ellis, editor, The New Chronicles of England and France, […], London: […] [George Woodfall] for F. C. and J. Rivington; […], published 1811, →OCLC, page 156:
text: [I]t was therfore thought unto the Kings Highnes and his Counsail expedient, bifore the depeche of this post, to have a mature and groundly consultacion, by deliberate advice, for the more perfite instruccion to be geven unto you in al suche thinges as may occurre and chaunce touching the said commyn matiers; […]
ref: 1524 February 3 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Wolsey, “LXXIX. Wosley to [Richard] Sampson, &c.”, in State Papers Published under the Authority of Her Majesty’s Commission, volume VI (King Henry the Eighth. Part V.), London: […] George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 242:
text: 10ᵇ–20ᵃ is occupied by No. 3: A groundly Inſtruction, wherin the difference betwixt God the Father, and his Son the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, is declared, according to the ſpirituall and heavenly underſtanding.
ref: 1869 June, “Henrich Niclaes—The Family of Love”, in J. Ph. Berjeau, editor, The Book-worm: An Illustrated Literary & Bibliographical Review, number VI (New Series), London: At the Office, […], →OCLC, page 90:
text: [W]e construct binaries, such as: male/female, Black/White, being/not being, presence/absence, among others as [Jacques] Derrida has masterfully explained, these binary opposition favor the "groundly" term, the one that supposedly articulates the fundamentals. Hence, woman is everything a man is not.
ref: 2001, Arleen Pabón, “Por La Encendida Calle Antillana: African Impact on Puerto Rican Domestic Architecture”, in Places of Cultural Memory: African Reflections on the American Landscape: Conference Proceedings, May 9–12, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia, [Washington, D.C.]: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, →OCLC, page 141, columns 1–2:
glosses: Firmly grounded; solid; of education: complete, thorough, well-grounded.
Derived terms: groundliness