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# profoundly

«profoundly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very deeply or greatly: «profoundly grateful»…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very deeply or greatly: «profoundly grateful», «profoundly changed». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profoundly/#m1)

2) (health) Very severely, especially about hearing: «profoundly deaf» means hearing very little or nothing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profoundly/#m2)

3) In a wise, deep-thinking way: «He spoke profoundly about life.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profoundly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows strong feelings or big changes; in health and inclusion lessons «profoundly deaf» is a respectful term. Phrases: «profoundly moved», «profoundly affected», «profoundly deaf», «profoundly different».

### examples

- The war profoundly changed the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profoundly/#x1)
- We were profoundly grateful for the neighbours' help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profoundly/#x2)
- My friend is profoundly deaf and uses sign language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profoundly/#x3)
- The film moved her profoundly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profoundly/#x4)
- Inventing the wheel profoundly affected how people lived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profoundly/#x5)
- The two cats are profoundly different in character. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profoundly/#x6)

### note

Adjective: profound (deep, very great, wise); noun: profundity. Formal; simpler: «deeply», «greatly», «very». Spelling: pro-found-ly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «profoundly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profoundly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.