deeply

Very much or with strong feelings.

• I am deeply sorry.
• Her kind words moved me deeply.
• These beliefs are deeply rooted in local culture.

Similar words: very much, greatly, profoundly

Common phrases: deeply concerned, deeply sorry, deeply rooted

In a way that reaches far down or far into something.

• Breathe deeply and relax.
• The knife cut deeply into the wood.
• Water had worn deeply into the soft rock.

Opposites: shallowly

Common phrases: cut deeply, breathe deeply, dig deeply

With careful thought or a thorough understanding of something.

• Think deeply before you answer.
• He understood deeply how poverty affected families.
• We reflected deeply on the reasons for our failure.

How to use it: think deeply about something (She thought deeply about her future.)

Similar words: profoundly, thoroughly

Opposites: superficially

Common phrases: think deeply, understand deeply, reflect deeply

Far below the surface or far inside something.

• The treasure lay deeply buried.
• Some roots grow deeply beneath the soil.
• The fish stayed deeply submerged in the cold lake.

Common phrases: deeply buried, lie deeply, deeply underground