a. [ AS. grundleás bottomless. ] Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; baseless;
n. [ Ground + -ling. ]
No comic buffoon to make the groundlings laugh. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Solidly; deeply; thoroughly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Those whom princes do once groundly hate, Let them provide to die as sure us fate. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]