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deep·ly

[deep-lee]
adverb
1.
at or to a considerable extent downward; well within or beneath a surface.
2.
to a thorough extent or profound degree: deeply pained; deeply committed.
3.
with depth of color, tone, sound, etc.
4.
with great cunning, skill, and subtlety.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English deply, Old English dēoplīce, derivative of dēoplīc (adj.), equivalent to dēop deep + -līc(e) -ly


2. greatly, thoroughly, intensely, acutely.

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deep (diːp)
 
adj (foll by in)
1.  extending or situated relatively far down from a surface: a deep pool
2.  extending or situated relatively far inwards, backwards, or sideways: a deep border of trees
3.  cricket relatively far from the pitch: the deep field; deep third man
4.  a.  (postpositive) of a specified dimension downwards, inwards, or backwards: six feet deep
 b.  (in combination): a six-foot-deep trench
5.  coming from or penetrating to a great depth: a deep breath
6.  difficult to understand or penetrate; abstruse
7.  learned or intellectually demanding: a deep discussion
8.  of great intensity; extreme: deep happiness; deep trouble
9.  absorbed or enveloped (by); engrossed or immersed (in): deep in study; deep in debt
10.  very cunning or crafty; devious: a deep plot
11.  mysterious or obscure: a deep secret
12.  (of a colour) having an intense or dark hue
13.  low in pitch or tone: a deep voice
14.  informal go off the deep end
 a.  to lose one's temper; react angrily
 b.  chiefly (US) to act rashly
15.  in deep water in a tricky position or in trouble
16.  throw someone in at the deep end See end
 
n
17.  any deep place on land or under water, esp below 6000 metres (3000 fathoms)
18.  the deep
 a.  a poetic term for the ocean
 b.  cricket the area of the field relatively far from the pitch
19.  the most profound, intense, or central part: the deep of winter
20.  a vast extent, as of space or time
21.  nautical one of the intervals on a sounding lead, one fathom apart
 
adv
22.  far on in time; late: they worked deep into the night
23.  profoundly or intensely
24.  informal deep down in reality, esp as opposed to appearance: she is a very kind person deep down
25.  deep in the past long ago
 
[Old English dēop; related to Old High German tiof deep, Old Norse djupr]
 
'deeply
 
adv
 
'deepness
 
n

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deeply
O.E. deoplice (see deep), used in both literal and figurative senses.
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