Crossword clues for soundest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sound \Sound\, a. [Compar. Sounder; superl. Soundest.] [OE. sound, AS. sund; akin to D. gezond, G. gesund, OHG. gisunt, Dan. & Sw. sund, and perhaps to L. sanus. Cf. Sane.]
Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
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Firm; strong; safe.
The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
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Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
Do not I know you a favorer Of this new seat? Ye are nor sound.
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Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me.
--2 Tim. i. 13. heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
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Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
Note: Sound is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sound-headed, sound-hearted, sound-timbered, etc.
Sound currency (Com.), a currency whose actual value is the same as its nominal value; a currency which does not deteriorate or depreciate or fluctuate in comparision with the standard of values.
Wiktionary
(en-superlative of: sound) v
(context archaic English) Second-person singular present simple form of '''sound'''
Usage examples of "soundest".
For he has the soundest perception who recognizes that even the love of praise is a vice.
His alliance with Pugsy Maloney had begun on the occasion when he had rescued that youth from the clutches of a large negro, who, probably from the soundest of motives, was endeavouring to slay him.
The behaviour of the New York policeman in affairs of this kind is based on principles of the soundest practical wisdom.
They listened as if with cats' whiskers, and in their soundest sleep was a monitoring throb that kept them awake to danger.
The substance was, Never jump from a boat, Pip, except — but all the rest was indefinite, as the soundest advice ever is.