as in landed
resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water
once his boat was grounded, all he could do was wait for the tide to come back in and raise it off the sand bar
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as in based
to find a basis
you're grounding your entire case on circumstantial evidence
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Recent Examples of grounded
Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Matt Reeves’ vision of Gotham in The Batman as a haunted city filled with old-timey gangsters is a faithful depiction, but considerably more grounded than traditional Batman stories.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Vidor brings a humane yet grounded aura to Anne, one that feels lived.
—Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Debuting the same year as The Dark Knight, Batman: The Brave and the Bold is a far cry from Chris Nolan’s grim and grounded stylings.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Matt Reeves’ vision of Gotham in The Batman as a haunted city filled with old-timey gangsters is a faithful depiction, but considerably more grounded than traditional Batman stories.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
But on ours that virtually never happens, because everybody’s grounded.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Vidor brings a humane yet grounded aura to Anne, one that feels lived.
—Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Grounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grounded. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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