deeplyadv.
/ˈdiːpli/, U.S. /ˈdipli/ 1.
a. To a great or considerable depth; far downwards, inwards, etc. (See sense 7.)
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb] > far from the outside
deeplya1400
deep1490
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adverb]
deepOE
profoundly?a1425
deeply1573
thick1670
adeep1850
a1400–50 Alexander (Dublin) 1396 Þai..Dryves dartez at owr dukez deply þaim wounden.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 44 Three poles to a hillock..set depely and strong.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. i. 48 Preiudices deepely rooted in the hearts of men.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i They..who haue deepliest waded in this sea of simples.
1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) vii. 725 All people there Are deeplyer wounded than our age can beare.
1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 96 The leaves were thinner, deeplier, and more regularly cut.
a1717 T. Parnell Gift of Poetry (R.) I..sink in deep affliction, deeply down.
1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 67 So prevailing a taste is something more than one of those transient fluctuating fashions which change with each generation of general readers, but one deeply seated in the mind of our age.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 118 The glacier was deeply fissured.
b. In reference to drinking; also to sighing. (Here other notions than the literal enter in.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adverb] > deeply
sadlya1375
deeply1557
square1570
squarely1611
deep1711
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Mark viii. 12 Then he syghed diepely in his spirite.
1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 176 They deeply tasted of th' infected Bowl.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 114 When the Kids their Dams too deeply drain. View more context for this quotation
1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. vi. 10 Deeply he drank, and fiercely fed.
2.
a. figurative. With deep thought, insight, knowledge, etc.; profoundly, thoroughly.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adverb] > very thoughtfully
deeplyc888
advisedly1483
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [adverb]
deeplyc888
profoundly?a1425
reachingly1664
brilliantly1882
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adverb]
deeplyc888
highOE
darkOE
dimly?c1225
darklyc1350
mistilya1382
murklya1400
subtlya1500
obscurelya1527
confuselya1530
diffuselyc1530
confusedly?1531
diffusedly1567
difficultly1568
indistinctly1580
enigmatically1590
perplexedly1603
subtilely1605
abstrusely1611
cloudily1651
oracularly1654
perplexly1670
reclusely1673
irrecognizably1841
Pickwickianly1866
delphically1927
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adverb] > with profound knowledge
deeplyc1400
profoundly?a1425
reconditely1722
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxv. §1 Swa hwa swa wille dioplice spirigan æfter ryhte.
c1000 Ælfric Colloquy in T. Wright & R. P. Wücker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) 12 Þearle deoplice [þu] spricst.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 122 Ysaac..forto þenche deopliche sochte anli stude.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xiii. 144 He preched & spak so depely of Dyvynyty.
1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 5 Persons..lerned, and depely studied in Phisicke.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 329 To search depelier of vnknowen things.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. ii. 28 Consider it not so deepely . View more context for this quotation
1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne ii. 35 He was deeply read in Beroalde.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues III. 147 I should like to consider the matter a little more deeply.
b. With profound craft, subtlety, or cunning.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] > with profound craft or subtlety
deeplya1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iv. 41 Both dissemble deepely their affections. View more context for this quotation
a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian v. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddddddv/1 Either ye love too deerly, Or deeply ye dissemble.
1894 N.E.D. at Deeply Mod. The plot was deeply laid, but it has been discovered.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adverb]
highlyOE
deeplyc1300
solemnlya1325
sadlya1375
soberly1382
demurelyc1400
sadc1400
seriouslyc1425
solemnya1470
murely1474
solemnedlyc1480
solenny1480
in (good, sober, serious) sadness1545
gravely1553
staidly1571
solemniouslya1578
solidly1632
in sad earnest1637
ponderously1637
in jest-earnest1642
in all seriousness1679
joking apart1745
unhumorously1768
solidly1799
in sober earnest1836
mirthlessly1853
votively1857
smilelessly1869
unmirthfully1872
unsmilingly1879
inhumorously1898
soberingly1923
straightfacedly1977
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1417 Deplike dede he him swere.
a1400–50 Alexander 1186 Þat me was done many day depely to swere.
?1503 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. lxiv And, yf nede be, depely depose afore the Kynge & hys counsell, that yt is matter of trawth.
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxvii. sig. i.vii Charged full depely Theyr offyce to execute.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 22 And this I dare most deepely take mine oath on.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 214 T'is deepely sworne.
1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 401 Even when he had deeply sworn to it.
4. † b. In reference to fines: Heavily. Obsolete.
a. Gravely, seriously, heavily; esp. in reference to being involved in guilt, liability, obligation, or the like.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adverb]
foullyOE
ranklyOE
awly?c1225
wickc1330
deeplyc1384
cursedlyc1386
outrageouslya1387
wickeda1400
outragelya1425
heinouslyc1440
enormly1538
arrantly?1548
enormouslya1617
flagitiously1622
enormiouslya1641
flagrantly1756
atrociously1765
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > heinously
foullyOE
deeplyc1384
outrageouslya1387
outragelya1425
heinouslyc1440
rankly?1534
enormly1538
enormouslya1617
flagitiously1622
enormiouslya1641
atrociously1765
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea ix. 9 Thei synneden depely.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 343 F. G. who is so deepely in your bookes of accountes.
1586 Let. Earle Leycester 13 For which I count my selfe the deeplyest bounde to give him my humblest thankes.
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 10 Henry..left the kingdome deepely indebted.
1622 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Boston ii. 59 And stoutly maintaine Gods truth, when it is deepliest slandered.
1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 76 Now the other Buffel was deeply engaged too.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 658 Of all the enemies of the government he was..the most deeply criminal.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ix. 103 The archbishop had committed himself so deeply that he could not afford to wait.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adverb] > involving great expense
costly1395
preciouslyc1395
costiouslyc1425
costfullya1464
costlew1480
sumptuouslyc1487
costlilya1500
preciousc1500
expensively?1607
deeply1631
1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 36 If it had not been that this man hath suffered as he hath I should have sentenced him deepely.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 194 The Starr-Chamber deeply fined Sr. Richard Knightly..for entertaining and receiving the Press Gentelmen.
5. With deep feeling, emotion, etc.; in a high degree, profoundly, intensely, extremely.
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the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adverb]
deepa1000
inwardlya1000
inlyOE
mortallyc1390
deeplya1400
keena1400
keenlya1400
from the bottom of one's hearta1413
from (also fro) one's heart1477
profoundly1489
from the spleen?a1505
sensibly1577
with sense1578
smartlyc1580
soakingly1593
dearly1604
intimately1637
viscerally1637
exquisitely1678
sensitively1793
exaltedly1855
intensely1860
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb]
stronglyeOE
felec950
strongeOE
highlyOE
highOE
greatlya1200
stourlya1225
greata1325
dreec1330
deeplya1400
mightya1400
dreichlyc1400
mighty?a1425
sorec1440
mainlyc1450
greatumly1456
madc1487
profoundly1489
stronglya1492
muchwhata1513
shrewlya1529
heapa1547
vengeance?1548
sorely1562
smartlyc1580
mightly1582
mightily1587
violently1601
intensively1604
almightily1612
violent1629
seriously1643
intensely1646
importunately1660
shrewdly1664
gey1686
sadly1738
plenty1775
vitally1787
substantively1795
badly1813
far1814
heavily1819
serious1825
measurably1834
dearly1843
bally1939
majorly1955
sizzlingly1956
majorly1978
fecking1983
a1400–50 Alexander 1673 Sire, þis I depely disire, durst I it neuyn.
a1400–50 Alexander 1698 Summe..depely þam playnt Quat..euill þai suffird.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 111 With them the sayd Pope had bene so depely offended.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. iii. 14 He straight declin'd, droop'd, tooke it deeply . View more context for this quotation
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 120 They curst him deeply.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 158 His soul abhors a mercenary thought, And him as deeply who abhors it not.
1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xiv. 850 Of these shortcomings I am deeply sensible.
1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) xv. 131 All this was deeply interesting to Penn.
6. Of physical states or qualities:
a. Profoundly, soundly, with complete absorption of the faculties.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb] > deeply or soundly
fastOE
sadlya1375
to sleep sounda1400
soundlyc1400
stronglya1500
deeply1632
tight1898
out to it1941
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 122 Deeply plunged in a profound sleepe.
1820 P. B. Shelley Vision of Sea in Prometheus Unbound 177 Smile not, my child, But sleep deeply and sweetly.
b. With deep colour, intensely.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > intense
richly1571
deeply1695
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur iii. 87 Some deeply Red, and others faintly Blue.
a1845 T. Hood Ruth ii On her cheek an autumn flush Deeply ripened.
c. With a deep, grave, or sonorous voice.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [adverb] > pitch > low pitch
lowc1275
deep1810
deeply1883
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > deep
howe1535
deeply1883
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [adverb] > low
deep1810
deeply1883
1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 948/2 A pack of hounds came..baying deeply.
7. Combinations. Deeply (mostly in sense 1) qualifying a participle is now usually hyphenated when the participle is used attributively, preceding its noun, but not when it follows; as ‘the leaf is deeply serrated’, ‘a deeply-serrated leaf’.
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1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris (ed. 2) Pref. p. xxxv Deeply-bottomed bravery.
1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. xxvii. 424 Deeply-rooted popular prejudices.
1865 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xix. 295 That deeply-serrated block of steel.
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 166 Lofty and deeply-receding jambs.
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