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profoundly

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfaʊndli/

adv

Etymology: From Middle English profoundly, profoundely, equivalent to profound + -ly.

  1. With depth, meaningfully.

    “He thought and wrote profoundly.”

  2. Very importantly.

    “More profoundly, it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions.”

  3. Deeply; very; strongly or forcefully.

    “From his childhood, she was profoundly troubled.”

    “Leo was sleeping profoundly, and on the whole I thought it wise not to wake him.”