deeply

English

Etymology

From Middle English depely, deplike, deopliche, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English dēoplīċe (“deeply”, adverb), from dēoplīc (“deep”), equivalent to deep +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːpli/

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• Hyphenation: deep‧ly

Adverb

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

1. At depth, in a deep way.
2. To a deep extent.
3. Profoundly.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• deep (adverb sense)

Usage notes

Some adjectives commonly collocating with deeply: divided, in debt, ashamed, concerned, infuriating, sorry

Some verbs commonly collocating with deeply: apologise, regret

Translations

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)
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• Greek: βαθιά (el) (vathiá) (vathiá)
• Icelandic: djúpt
• Italian: profondamente (it)
• Japanese: 深く (ja) (ふかく, fukaku)
• Korean: 깊이 (ko) (gipi)
• Polish: głęboko (pl)
• Romanian: adânc (ro)
• Russian: глубоко́ (ru) (glubokó)

to a deep extent

• Faroese: djúpt
• Finnish: syvälle
• Greek: βαθιά (el) (vathiá)
• Hungarian: mélyen (hu)
• Icelandic: djúpt
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• Italian: in profondità
• Persian: عمیقاً ('amiqan)
• Romanian: adânc (ro)
• Russian: глубоко́ (ru) (glubokó)
• Spanish: a fondo

profoundly

• Catalan: profundament (ca)
• Faroese: djúpt
• Finnish: syvällisesti (fi)
• Galician: profundamente (gl)
• German: zutiefst (de)
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• Icelandic: djúpt
• Italian: profondamente (it)
• Romanian: profund (ro)
• Russian: глубоко́ (ru) (glubokó)
• Spanish: a fondo

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} profunde
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Anagrams

• Pedley, yelped