deeply

adverb

Definition of deeplynext
as in profoundly

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Recent Examples of deeply Sanon’s lawyers argue instead that their client, whom prosecutors portray as a deeply indebted man hoping to replace Moïse through a violent overthrow of his government, had nothing to do with the assassination. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 The fact that there’s anything Showtime-branded at all remains deeply weird given Paramount’s lack of investment. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 And once established, it’s known to be deeply drought-tolerant. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Be human and honest, but process deeply personal matters with the right people, not your employees. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Multifaceted and deeply mindful, the Healing Village Spa at this classic beachfront resort's treatments are wholly original and sublimely rejuvenating. — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026 For all the Democrats' confidence, the party's brand remains deeply unpopular and fundraising is lagging. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 John Rogers Former Federal Reserve official Rogers later acknowledged to investigators that he was deeply indebted to Lee. — Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Scott portrayed his connection to the movie business as deeply personal. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deeply
  1. profoundly
  2. positively
  3. wholly
  4. entirely
  5. thoroughly
  6. fully
  7. absolutely
  8. radically
Adverb
  • Without intervention, their trajectory leads to a profoundly medicalized adulthood.
    — Babak J. Orandi, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Winner of the Best Documentary prize at Cannes, filmmaker and actress Pegah Ahangarani turns her own family archive into a profoundly personal chronicle of Iran’s long struggle for freedom.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of profoundly
Adverb
  • Technology is at the heart of facials, especially, from a skin analysis machine and facial sculpting wand to a cryotherapy mask that was positively icy—but also awesome—at -4 degrees Fahrenheit.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Guerra also said that his recent fundraising had been going positively.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of positively
Adverb
  • There’s no winking at the audience, no sense of camp or parody, just a lot of appealing interactions, plus some wholly superfluous tertiary plots added to expand the story to series length.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Buck and Aikman made the leap from Fox in 2022, and while Bristol was nimble in hashing out a new deal with the lead mic, the color analyst’s contract is (obviously) a wholly separate issue.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of wholly
Adverb
  • Adding power without new wind farms One of the more interesting possibilities is that high-altitude turbines could eventually be added to existing wind farms rather than requiring entirely new sites.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The first attempt to start Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia ended in confusion as cars crawled around the Sepang track at slow speeds or stopped entirely as drivers and teams tried to restart their systems.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of entirely
Adverb
  • Throughout, the thoroughly modern bathrooms have anti-fog mirrors and fluffy robes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • My sympathies are entirely with Prince William, who's a thoroughly honorable, decent young man who's just had it with his brother and wants nothing to do with him.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of thoroughly
Adverb
  • Resnikoff fully inhabits the role of Jaku, giving him a distinctive and consistent voice, posture and temperament.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Officials said during the Oval Office event that building the pipeline will take three years and that exports of liquified natural gas would begin two years after that -- but that was dependent on financing coming through fully.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of fully
Adverb
  • Having absolutely no chance of playing past the 162 and getting to plan your offseason appropriately.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But neither source absolutely predicts whether 2026 will be a record-warm year, the spokesperson said, citing NOAA physical scientist Russell Vose.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of absolutely
Adverb
  • One major American political party – the Democrats – is wrestling with a large insurgency of young Socialists who want to radically re-order the economic structure of our nation.
    — Doug Wojcieszak, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Aggregate data can obscure radically different labor market realities, and monetary policy calibrated only to the aggregate can miss the productive capacity sitting beneath it.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of radically

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“Deeply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deeply. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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