deeply
Americanadverb
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at or to a considerable extent downward; well within or beneath a surface.
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to a thorough extent or profound degree.
deeply pained; deeply committed.
- Synonyms:
- acutely, intensely, thoroughly, greatly
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with depth of color, tone, sound, etc.
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with great cunning, skill, and subtlety.
Etymology
Origin of deeply
First recorded before 900; Middle English deply, Old English dēoplīce, derivative of dēoplīc (adjective), from dēop deep + -līc(e) -ly
Vocabulary lists containing deeply
Example Sentences
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Angular momentum is familiar in everyday life through spinning objects like bicycle wheels or merry-go-rounds, but at the atomic scale it is deeply connected to magnetism.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
More often than not, today’s scholars probe even more deeply than Fiedler did the complexities of our literature’s presentation of race and gender.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Now came an apology - Dogra was "deeply sorry", she said, and had found the women's accounts "very troubling" to watch.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Second, the Fed’s deeply embedded policy framework is built around risk management, rather than any single inflation measure or economic school of thought.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
The Earl of Maytag did not care one way or the other about the singing, but he was deeply annoyed by Quinzy’s disappearance.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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