deeply
English
Etymology
From Middle English depely, deplike, deopliche, from Old English dēoplīċe (“deeply”, adverb), from dēoplīc (“deep”), equivalent to deep + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiːpli/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: deep‧ly
Adverb
deeply (comparative deeplier or more deeply, superlative deepliest or most deeply)
- At depth, in a deep way.
- To a deep extent.
- Profoundly.
- 1849, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1850, OCLC 3968433, canto CXXVII, page 199:
- Strange friend, past, present, and to be, / Loved deeplier, darklier understood; / Behold I dream a dream of good / And mingle all the world with thee.
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Synonyms
- deep (adverb sense)
Translations
at depth
to a deep extent
profoundly
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