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profoundly

  • /pɹəˈfaʊndli/

Where it comes from

From Middle English profoundly, profoundely, equivalent to profound + -ly.

adverb more profoundly · most profoundly

  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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: deeply, deep, depth, deepening, extensively, gravely, greatly, hugely, much, enormously, tremendously, vastly, immensely, extremely, fully, firmly

Translations

Every language

adv in a profound manner

Españolprofundamente
Portuguêsprofundamente
Italianoprofondamente
Ελληνικάβαθιά vathiá
Русскийглубоко́ glubokó

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"profoundly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/profoundly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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profoundly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/profoundly

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"profoundly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/profoundly.

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@misc{profoundly_2026,
  title = {profoundly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/profoundly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}