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How to pronounce profoundly in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms deeply, intensely

Examples of profoundly

profoundly
Curtains soften the glow of Fifth Avenue taillights, a profoundly relaxing view.
From the bloomberg.com
Melzak is unsentimental but profoundly empathetic, and her manner invites trust.
From the guardian.co.uk
Well, it's not just that our daughters are profoundly affected, though they are.
From the suntimes.com
I was profoundly saddened to hear the sad news of the passing of Mr. Jim Murphy.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Should Syria shatter, it could profoundly destabilize neighbors Iraq and Jordan.
From the time.com
Finally, I had a profoundly rich and luxuriously meaty pot of Cuban black beans.
From the nytimes.com
If that is your defense of the legality of torture, it is a profoundly weak one.
From the theatlantic.com
You've said that we're a profoundly musical species and every culture has music.
From the newsobserver.com
The digital world that Net Geners have been weaned on is profoundly interactive.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • To a great depth psychologically; "They felt the loss deeply"
  • (profound) showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
  • (profound) fundamental: far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound ...
  • (profound) heavy: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
  • (profound) situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns"
  • With depth, meaningfully; Very importantly; Deeply; very
  • (profound) The deep; the sea; the ocean; An abyss; To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down; To dive deeply; to penetrate; Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep; Very deep; very serious; Intellectually deep; entering far into ...
  • (PROFOUND) Feeling deeply or showing great knowledge and understanding.
  • (PROFOUND) insightful; intense feeling