Definition of Safe and sound

1. Adjective. Free from danger or injury. "The children were found safe and sound"

Exact synonyms: Unhurt
Similar to: Safe

Definition of Safe and sound

1. Adjective. (idiomatic) Having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Safe And Sound

safaris
safarist
safarists
safe
safe(p)
safe-conduct
safe-conducts
safe-cracker
safe-deposit
safe-deposit box
safe-guard
safe-guarded
safe-guarding
safe-guards
safe-keeping
safe and sound
safe area
safe as houses
safe conduct
safe harbor
safe harbors
safe haven
safe havens
safe house
safe houses
safe in the knowledge
safe mode
safe pair of hands
safe period
safe room

Literary usage of Safe and sound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"... a good watch over me.1 I arrived by God's grace safe and sound at Viterbo, where my cousins and all the convent received me with the greatest kindness. ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"I arrived by God's grace safe and sound at Viterbo, where my cousins and all the convent received me with the greatest kindness. IV After leaving Viterbo ..."

3. Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead: With Name, Co., Regiment by John L. Ransom (1883)
"... safe and sound. Once Mofe See the Old Flag, and the Boys in Blue—Mr. Kim- ball and Mrs. Dickinson Recompensed—Find the Ninth Michigan ..."

4. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"... Till at last no soul but Christian souls Upon that ship was found; The twenty score were dead, and we, The hundred, safe and sound. ..."

5. Old Morocco and the Forbidden Atlas by Clarence Edward Andrews (1922)
"O traveller devouring the desert ways and solitudes, Thou art in the right path, And thou shalt arrive safe and sound. Go on, speed thy pace, journey night ..."

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