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grounded
[ groun-did ]
adjective
- mentally or emotionally balanced; having a peaceful, practical, or realistic outlook:
His more grounded, common-sense view of the situation was a helpful counter to my flights of fancy.
I love being around them, because they're really grounded.
- Aeronautics. (of an aircraft) being brought or restricted to the ground because of bad weather, the unsatisfactory condition of the aircraft, etc.
Grounded flights have cost airlines in excess of $2 billion this year alone.
- Electricity. having a conducting connection between an electric circuit or equipment and the earth or some other conducting body:
This equipment must be plugged into a grounded outlet.
grounded
/ ˈɡʊԻɪ /
adjective
- sensible and down-to-earth; having one's feet on the ground
Other 51Թ Forms
- dzܲԻ·· adverb
- dzܲԻ··Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of grounded1
Example Sentences
“It’s parabolic, absurdist, quirky family comedy, and you could see a world in which a network or studio may think, ‘Let’s make it grounded.’
The acting is grounded in realism but the writing refuses to keep the characters under lock and key.
A total of nine flights from the UK to Portugal were also grounded.
"It's most important that discussions about autism are grounded in science, compassion and most importantly the living experiences of people with autism themselves," he said.
And the reasons for those limits — grounded both in history and modern economic theory—have particular force in the modern political climate.
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