profoundly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   With depth, meaningfully.

   He thought and wrote profoundly.

2. 2
   adv

   Very importantly.

   More profoundly, it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions.

3. 3
   adv

   Deeply; very; strongly or forcefully.

   From his childhood, she was profoundly troubled.

4. 4
   adv

   to a great depth psychologically

Etymology

From Middle English profoundly, profoundely, equivalent to profound + -ly.