deeply
Meaning
- To a deep extent or degree; very greatly.
- So as to extend far down or far into something.
- At depth.
- In a profound, not superficial, manner.
- In large volume.
- Soundly; so as to be hard to rouse.
- Richly.
Synonyms
carefully
far down
Frequency
Hyphenated as
deep‧ly
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdi(ː)pli/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English depely, deplike, deopliche, from Old English dēoplīċe (“deeply”, adverb), from dēoplīc (“deep”), equivalent to deep + -ly.
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