- having a sensible and realistic attitude to life
- Away from Hollywood, he relies on his family and friends to keep him grounded.
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See grounded in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee grounded in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English(be) grounded in/on something
- (to be) based on something
- His views are grounded on the assumption that all people are equal.
- These explanations are not sufficiently grounded in fact.
- His book is firmly grounded in memories of his own childhood.
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