Profoundly vs Entirely - What's the difference?
profoundly | entirely | Related terms |
(manner) With depth, meaningfully.
(evaluative) Very importantly.
(degree) Deeply; very.
To the full or entire extent.
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Profoundly is a related term of entirely.
As adverbs the difference between profoundly and entirely
is that profoundly is (manner) with depth, meaningfully while entirely is to the full or entire extent.profoundly
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Adverb
(en adverb)- He thought and wrote profoundly .
- More profoundly , it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions.
- From his childhood, she was profoundly troubled.
entirely
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Alternative forms
* entierly (chiefly archaic) * intirely (archaic or nonstandard)Adverb
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