profound
adjective
penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding.
profoundness
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a word derived from
profound.
Example Sentences
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“This inheritance of ‘Great Russia,’ Russian culture is of a beauty and profoundness that is great,” Francis said Monday.
From Seattle Times ā Sep. 4, 2023
And Noah Wolfe’s Henrik is so floridly agonized that it’s hard to see how his profoundness may yet be appealing.
From New York Times ā Aug. 12, 2022
Price had not read King’s speeches or fathomed the profoundness of nonviolence, but he was a man and he stood, like most men do, in awe of men who have conquered fear.
From Washington Post ā Apr. 2, 2018
Do I have to say that none of these fantasies have any pretension to profoundness?
From Time Magazine Archive
The more it is our duty to give the same rights to both sexes, the more absurd it is to disregard the profoundness of their differences and to imagine that these can ever be effaced.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
