FromMiddle Englishdepely,deplike,deopliche, fromOld Englishdēoplīċe(“deeply”,adverb), fromdēoplīc(“deep”), equivalent todeep +-ly.
deeply (comparativemore deeplyor(rare)deeplier,superlativemost deeplyor(rare)deepliest)
- To adeepextent ordegree; verygreatly.
I amdeeply concerned about this matter.
Ideeply regret my behaviour.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson],In Memoriam, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC, Canto CXXVII,page199:Strange friend, past, present, and to be, / Loveddeeplier, darklier understood; / Behold I dream a dream of good / And mingle all the world with thee.
- So as to extend far down or far into something.
The surface of the planet wasdeeply cratered.
- Atdepth.
In this part of the river salmon swimdeeply.
- In aprofound, notsuperficial, manner.
- I thoughtdeeply about the problem.
- In large volume.
- breathedeeply,drinkdeeply
- (in relation to sleep)Soundly; so as to be hard to rouse.
- (of flavour, colour, etc.)Richly.
- adeeply flavoured curry
1968, Carl Ruhen,The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page12:Herdeeply hennaed hair, almost black at the roots, straggled loosely down both sides of her long face.
- (certain senses):deep (adverb)
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