profoundly
adverb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L46132 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfaʊndli/
adv
Etymology: From Middle English profoundly, profoundely, equivalent to profound + -ly.
- With depth, meaningfully.
“He thought and wrote profoundly.”
- Very importantly.
“More profoundly, it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions.”
- 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.”