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): /ˈdi(ː)pli/

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• Hyphenation: deep‧ly

Adverb

deeply (comparative more deeply or (rare) deeplier, superlative most deeply or (rare) deepliest)

1. To a deep extent or degree; very greatly.

   I am deeply concerned about this matter.

   I deeply regret my behaviour.

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

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

   The surface of the planet was deeply cratered.

3. At depth.

   In this part of the river salmon swim deeply.

4. In a profound, not superficial, manner.

   I thought deeply about the problem.

5. In large volume.

   breathe deeply, drink deeply

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

   a deeply flavoured curry

   • 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12:

     Her deeply hennaed 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

deeply divided, deeply in debt, deeply ashamed, deeply concerned, deeply infuriating, deeply sorry

Some verbs commonly collocating with deeply

deeply apologise, deeply regret

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: 深 (zh) (shēn), 深深 (zh) (shēnshēn), 深刻 (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: 深く (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)
• 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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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} profunde

Anagrams

• Pedley, yelped