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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.