deeply

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishdepely,deplike,deopliche,fromOld Englishdēoplīċe(“deeply”,adverb),fromdēoplīc(“deep”),equivalent todeep+‎-ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈdi(ː)pli/

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• Rhymes:-iːpli
• Hyphenation:deep‧ly

Adverb

deeply(comparativemoredeeplyor(rare)deeplier,superlativemostdeeplyor(rare)deepliest)

1. To adeepextentordegree;verygreatly.

   I amdeeplyconcerned about this matter.

   Ideeplyregret my behaviour.

   • 1850,[Alfred, Lord Tennyson],In Memoriam,London:Edward Moxon,[…],→OCLC,Canto CXXVII,page199:

     Strange friend, past, present, and to be, / Loveddeeplier,darklier understood; / Behold I dream a dream of good / And mingle all the world with thee.

2. So as to extend far down or far into something.

   The surface of the planet wasdeeplycratered.

3. Atdepth.

   In this part of the river salmon swimdeeply.

4. In aprofound,notsuperficial,manner.

   I thoughtdeeplyabout the problem.

5. In large volume.

   breathedeeply,drinkdeeply

6. (in relation to sleep)Soundly;so as to be hard to rouse.
7. (of flavour, colour, etc.)Richly.

   adeeplyflavoured curry

   • 1968,Carl Ruhen,The Key Club,Sydney: Scripts, page12:

     Herdeeplyhennaed hair, almost black at the roots, straggled loosely down both sides of her long face.

Synonyms

• (certain senses):deep(adverb)

Collocations

Collocations

Some adjectives commonly collocating with deeply

deeplydivided,deeplyin debt,deeplyashamed,deeplyconcerned,deeplyinfuriating,deeplysorry

Some verbs commonly collocating with deeply

deeplyapologise,deeplyregret

Translations

to a deep extent

• Faroese:djúpt
• Finnish:syvälle
• Greek:βαθιά(el)(vathiá)
• Hungarian:mélyen(hu)
• Icelandic:djúpt
• Italian:in profondità,estremamente(it)
• Persian:عمیقاً(fa)('amiqan)
• Romanian:adânc(ro)
• Russian:глубоко́(ru)(glubokó)
• Spanish:a fondo
• Swedish:djupt(sv)
• Ukrainian:гли́боко(hlýboko)

at depth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Thâm(zh)(shēn),Thâm thâm(zh)(shēnshēn),Thâm khắc(zh)(shēnkè)

• Faroese:djúpt
• Finnish:syvästi(fi)
• French:profondément(fr)
• Galician:profundamente(gl)
• German:tief(de)
• Greek:βαθιά(el)(vathiá)(vathiá)
• Icelandic:djúpt
• Italian:profondamente(it),intensamente(it)
• Japanese:Thâm く(ja)(ふかく, fukaku)
• Korean:깊이(ko)(gipi)
• Polish:głęboko(pl)
• Romanian:adânc(ro)
• Russian:глубоко́(ru)(glubokó)
• Tocharian B:eṅkatkre
• Ukrainian:гли́боко(hlýboko)

profoundly

• Catalan:profundament(ca)
• Esperanto:profunde
• Faroese:djúpt
• Finnish:syvällisesti(fi)
• French:profondément(fr)
• Galician:profundamente(gl)
• German:zutiefst(de)
• Icelandic:djúpt
• Italian:profondamente(it)
• Polish:głęboko(pl)
• Romanian:profund(ro)
• Russian:глубоко́(ru)(glubokó)
• Spanish:a fondo
• Ukrainian:гли́боко(hlýboko)

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• Esperanto:^{(pleaseverify)}profunde

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