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deeply

/ˈdipli/DEE-plee
/ˈdipli/DEE-plee

Meaningin a deep way

Common meaning: far down

Other meanings: very strongly

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishdēop‘deep’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishdeep‘deep’source
  3. Englishdeep‘extending far down or in’
  4. Englishformed in English from deepdeeply‘far down’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from deep + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DEEP, p.157 · scan

Source words

  • dēop Old English · source word “deep”

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