Profoundly; thoroughly; to a great degree: as, he was deeply versed in ethics.
Intensely.
With strong feeling, passion, or appetite; eagerly; immoderately; passionately.
With profound sorrow; with deep feeling.
With low or deep pitch: as, a deeply toned instrument.
With elaborate artifice; with deep purpose: as, a deeply laid plot or intrigue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adverb At or to a great depth; far below the surface.
adverb Profoundly; thoroughly; not superficially; in a high degree; intensely.
adverb Very; with a tendency to darkness of color.
adverb Gravely; with low or deep tone.
adverb With profound skill; with art or intricacy.
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adverb At depth, in a deep way.
adverb To a deep extent.
adverb profoundly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adverb to a great depth;far down
adverb to a great depth psychologically
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In other words breathe deeply, and _control deeply_, but with the whole body -- from below, not with the upper chest only, or with lateral expansion only, or abdominal expansion only.
Japanese Emperor Akihito made an unprecedented televised address to his disaster-stricken nation, saying he was what he called "deeply worried" by the crisis at a damaged nuclear plant in northern Japan.
NAYLOR: None of the conduct was related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the gulf, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the report, which he called deeply disturbing, highlights the importance of ethics reforms he's instituted at the agency since taking over last year.
Because there are media reports which his lawyer denies that he visited Pakistan for bomb training and that law enforcement picked up what they described as deeply troubling conversations from him there.
COOPER: Well, it's interesting, Peter, because there are media reports, which his lawyer denies, that he visited Pakistan for bomb training and that law enforcement picked up what they described as deeply troubling conversations from him there.
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