profoundly
adverbattested in dialogue
- //pɹəˈfaʊndli//
With depth, meaningfully.
adverb
- 1
With depth, meaningfully.
He thought and wrote profoundly.
- 2
Very importantly.
More profoundly, it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions.
- 3
Deeply; very; strongly or forcefully.
From his childhood, she was profoundly troubled.
Leo was sleeping profoundly, and on the whole I thought it wise not to wake him.
In fact, the influence of signage in a certain area may exist anywhere on a continuum from profoundly effective to utterly trivial or completely insignificant, irrespective of the intent motivating the signs.
Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Monday if the Supreme Court does not resolve the issue of presidential immunity “quickly and decisively,” it will have a “profoundly negative impact” on the country.
Etymology
From Middle English profoundly, profoundely, equivalent to profound + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more profoundly
- superlative
- most profoundly