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deeply

Variant of deep

adjective

  1. extending far downward from the top or top edges, inward from the surface, or backward from the front: a deep cut, a deep lake, a deep drawer
  2. extending down, inward, etc. a specified length or distance: water eight feet deep
    1. located far down or back: deep in the outfield
    2. coming from or going far down or back: a deep breath
  3. far off in time or space: the deep past
  4. hard to understand; abstruse: a deep book
  5. extremely grave or serious: in deep trouble
  6. strongly felt: deep love
  7. intellectually profound: a deep discussion
    1. tricky and sly; devious: deep dealings
    2. carefully guarded: a deep secret
  8. dark and rich: a deep red
  9. sunk in or absorbed by: with in: deep in thought
    1. great in degree; intense: deep joy
    2. heavy and unbroken: a deep sleep
  10. much involved: deep in debt
  11. of low pitch or range: a deep voice
  12. large; big: deep cuts in the budget
  13. Sports having many good players in reserve: a team deep in pitching

noun

  1. a deep place or any of the deepest parts, as in water or earth
  2. the extent of encompassing space or time, of the unknown, etc.
  3. the middle part; part that is darkest, most silent, etc.: in the deep of night
  4. Naut. any of the unmarked fathom points between those marked on a lead line

adverb

in a deep way or to a deep extent; far down, far in, far back, etc.: to dig deep

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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