deep

deep
deep, deeply
Deep is used as an adverb both in physical senses

• (With the horses provided you could trek deep into the forest —Drive, 1972

• Johnny was standing with his back to the window, his hands thrust deep into his pockets —E. Nash, 1993)

and figuratively

• (He was soon deep in studies of…the biology of unicellular organisms —Microscopy, 1973)

Deeply is normally used only as an intensifying adverb in combinations such as deeply aware, deeply satisfying, etc., and when the meaning is ‘profoundly, thoroughly’:

• Powell himself was said to be deeply bothered by that —New Yorker, 1977

• They had kissed and caressed, but it was deeply frustrating —D. M. Thomas, 1990

• This closely observed, deeply moving documentary follows a year in the life of a small French village primary school in the Auvergne —Observer, 2005.


Modern English usage. 2014.

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  • deep — [dēp] adj. [ME dep < OE deop, akin to Ger tief, Goth diups < IE base * dheub , deep, hollow > DIP, DUMP1] 1. extending far downward from the top or top edges, inward from the surface, or backward from the front [a deep cut, a deep lake,… …   English World dictionary

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  • Deep — Deep, adv. To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply. [1913 Webster] Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton. [1913 Webster] Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope. [1913 Webster] Note: Deep, in its usual… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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