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adverb
- 1. to a profound extent; extremely: "a profoundly disturbing experience"
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deeply or extremely: Society has changed so profoundly over the last 50 years. We are all profoundly grateful for your help and encouragement. Synonyms. deeply. extremely. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strong feelings. afire. agonized. all-consuming. anguished. ardent. fierily. fit to burst idiom. flamingly. fulminating. grip.
a. : having intellectual depth and insight. b. : difficult to fathom or understand. 2. a. : extending far below the surface. b. : coming from, reaching to, or situated at a depth : deep-seated. a profound sigh. 3. a. : characterized by intensity of feeling or quality. b. : all encompassing : complete. profound sleep. profound deafness. profoundly.
deeply or extremely: Society has changed so profoundly over the last 50 years. We are all profoundly grateful for your help and encouragement. Synonyms. deeply. extremely. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strong feelings. afire. agonized. all-consuming. anguished. ardent. fierily. fit to burst idiom. flamingly. fulminating. grip.
felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way: His mother's death when he was aged six had a very profound effect on him. The invention of the contraceptive pill brought about profound changes in the lives of women. Those two lines of poetry express perfectly the profound sadness of loss.
The adverb profoundly means something similar to “extremely,” with the additional sense that it’s something intense and deeply felt. If you’re profoundly confused, you’re very confused — confused in a way that seems bottomless. The word can also describe something that affects you greatly.
Profoundly definition: to a thorough or very great extent or degree; deeply. See examples of PROFOUNDLY used in a sentence.
adverb. /prəˈfaʊndli/ in a way that has a very great effect on somebody/something. a profoundly disturbing programme. We are profoundly affected by what happens to us in childhood. She was profoundly shaken by the news. Definitions on the go.
very great; felt or experienced very strongly. profound changes in the earth’s climate. My father's death had a profound effect on us all. The news came as a profound shock. The report has profound implications for schools. Her sense of disappointment was profound. Want to learn more?
profoundly. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pro‧found‧ly /prəˈfaʊndli/ adverb 1 extremely profoundly affected/influenced He was profoundly affected by his time in the army. The experience had been profoundly disturbing. 2 → profoundly deaf.
1. adjective. You use profound to emphasize that something is very great or intense. [emphasis] ...discoveries which had a profound effect on many areas of medicine. ...profound disagreement. The overwhelming feeling is just deep, profound shock and anger. Anna's patriotism was profound.
