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DEEPLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: deeper   

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a great depth psychologically or emotionally

Example:

she loved him intensely

Synonyms:

deeply; intensely; profoundly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

deep (relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To a great depth; far down or in

Example:

dug deep

Synonyms:

deep; deeply

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

deep (having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination)

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 Context examples: 

You can direct the energy of March 20 for deeply held professional goals, personal wishes, or both.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The Tin Woodman appeared to think deeply for a moment. Then he said: Do you suppose Oz could give me a heart?

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

His face was as fiery as ever; his eyes were as small, and rather deeper set.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Then outside in the shrubbery I heard a sort of howl like a dog's, but more fierce and deeper.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Now, my dear sir, said Holmes, is it not obvious to you now that this matter really strikes very much deeper than either you or the police were at first inclined to think?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother's fortune and their own had been acquired by trade.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The gray of earth and sky had become deeper, more profound.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I don’t know what the Ghost would have been without you, and if I could only cherish such noble sentiments I would tell you her master is deeply grateful.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The results could lead to improved control of quantum materials and a deeper understanding of the quantum state for new electronics.

(Iridium 'loses its identity' when interfaced with nickel, National Science Foundation)