Profoundly vs Groundly - What's the difference?
profoundly | groundly |
(manner) With depth, meaningfully.
(evaluative) Very importantly.
(degree) Deeply; very.
(rare, archaic) Thorough, complete; solid; deep; profound
* 1869 , Berjeau, The Book-worm :
(rare, archaic) To the very ground, to the very bottom; thoroughly, completely; solidly; deeply; profoundly
* 1846 , Galt, Life of Cardinal Wosley :
* 1856 , John Marston, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, The works of John Marston :
As adverbs the difference between profoundly and groundly
is that profoundly is (manner) with depth, meaningfully while groundly is (rare|archaic) to the very ground, to the very bottom; thoroughly, completely; solidly; deeply; profoundly.As an adjective groundly is
(rare|archaic) thorough, complete; solid; deep; profound.profoundly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He thought and wrote profoundly .
- More profoundly , it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions.
- From his childhood, she was profoundly troubled.
groundly
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Adjective
(en-adj)- A groundly instruction, wherein the difference betwixt God the Father, and His Son the Lord Jesus Christ, is declared [...]
Adverb
(en-adv)- Sir, when I groundly considered your provident forecast, as well for the conservation of your navy from damage, as the princely zeal that ye bear to preserve your subjects and their goods [...]
- Those whom princes do once groundly hate, Let them provide to die as sure us fate.