adv
Meaning 1
With depth, meaningfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: manner
Examples
- He thought and wrote profoundly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
profoundly
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adv
Meaning 2
Very importantly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: evaluative
Examples
- More profoundly, it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Deeply; very; strongly or forcefully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: degree
Examples
- From his childhood, she was profoundly troubled.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
to a great depth psychologically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They felt the loss deeply
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deeply
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English profoundly, profoundely, equivalent to profound + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: profundament — in a profound manner
- Dutch: grondig — in a profound manner
- Esperanto: profunde — in a profound manner
- Finnish: syvällisesti — in a profound manner
- Greek: βαθιά (vathiá) — in a profound manner
- Italian: profondamente — in a profound manner
- Portuguese: profundamente — in a profound manner
- Russian: глубоко́ (glubokó) — in a profound manner
- Spanish: profundamente — in a profound manner
- Ukrainian: гли́боко (hlýboko) — in a profound manner
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