Profound vs. Profoundly

Profoundadjective

Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.

Profoundlyadverb

(manner) With depth, meaningfully.

‘He thought and wrote profoundly.’;

Profoundadjective

Very deep; very serious

Profoundlyadverb

(evaluative) Very importantly.

‘More profoundly, it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions.’;

Profoundadjective

Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough

‘a profound investigation’; ‘a profound scholar’; ‘profound wisdom’;

Profoundlyadverb

(degree) Deeply; very; strongly or forcefully.

‘From his childhood, she was profoundly troubled.’;

Profoundadjective

Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading

Profoundadjective

Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive

Profoundnoun

(obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.

Profoundnoun

(obsolete) An abyss.

Profoundverb

(obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.

Profoundverb

(obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.

Profoundadjective

Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.

Profoundadjective

Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.

Profoundadjective

Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.

‘Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt.’;

Profoundadjective

Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.

‘What humble gestures! What profound reverence!’;

Profoundnoun

The deep; the sea; the ocean.

‘God in the fathomless profoundHath all this choice commanders drowned.’;

Profoundnoun

An abyss.

Profoundverb

To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.

Profoundverb

To dive deeply; to penetrate.

Profoundadjective

showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being;

‘the differences are profound’; ‘a profound insight’; ‘a profound book’; ‘a profound mind’; ‘profound contempt’; ‘profound regret’;

Profoundadjective

of the greatest intensity; complete;

‘a profound silence’; ‘a state of profound shock’;

Profoundadjective

far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something;

‘the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred’; ‘the book underwent fundamental changes’; ‘committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance’; ‘profound social changes’;

Profoundadjective

coming from deep within one;

‘a profound sigh’;

Profoundadjective

(of sleep) deep and complete;

‘a heavy sleep’; ‘fell into a profound sleep’; ‘a sound sleeper’; ‘deep wakeless sleep’;

Profoundadjective

situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed;

‘the profound depths of the sea’; ‘the dark unfathomed caves of ocean’; ‘unplumbed depths of the sea’; ‘remote and unsounded caverns’;

Profoundadjective

(of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense

‘profound feelings of disquiet’; ‘the implications of this discovery are profound’;

Profoundadjective

(of a disease or disability) very severe

‘a case of profound liver failure’;

Profoundadjective

(of a person or statement) having or showing great knowledge or insight

‘a profound philosopher’;

Profoundadjective

(of a subject or idea) demanding deep study or thought

‘expressing profound truths in simple language’;

Profoundadjective

very deep

‘profound crevasses’;

Profoundnoun

the deepest part of something, especially the ocean

‘nor billowy surge disturbs the vast profound’;

Profoundnoun

profound quality

‘her work is an often eerie mix of the banal and the profound’;