profoundly
adverb/prəˈfaʊndli/
/prəˈfaʊndli/
- in a way that has a very great effect on somebody/something
- a profoundly disturbing programme
- We are profoundly affected by what happens to us in childhood.
- She was profoundly shaken by the news.
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- (medical) very seriously; completely
- profoundly deaf
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