All 7 Uses of
profound
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Shows the profound knowledge of the human heart.†
Chpt 6 *
- A powerful current of warm breath issued at regular intervals from the profound cavity of his mouth while in rhythmic resonance the loud strong hale reverberations of his formidable heart thundered rumblingly causing the ground, the summit of the lofty tower and the still loftier walls of the cave to vibrate and tremble.†
Chpt 12
- Amid the general vacant hilarity of the assembly a bell rang and, while all were conjecturing what might be the cause, Miss Callan entered and, having spoken a few words in a low tone to young Mr Dixon, retired with a profound bow to the company.†
Chpt 14
- MRS BELLINGHAM: He addressed me in several handwritings with fulsome compliments as a Venus in furs and alleged profound pity for my frostbound coachman Palmer while in the same breath he expressed himself as envious of his earflaps and fleecy sheepskins and of his fortunate proximity to my person, when standing behind my chair wearing my livery and the armorial bearings of the Bellingham escutcheon garnished sable, a buck's head couped or.†
Chpt 15
- (Profoundly) Instinct rules the world.†
Chpt 15 *
- He heard in a profound ancient male unfamiliar melody the accumulation of the past.†
Chpt 17
- Before the mirror the matrimonial gift of Alderman John Hooper with a clear melancholy wise bright motionless compassionate gaze regarded Bloom while Bloom with obscure tranquil profound motionless compassionated gaze regarded the matrimonial gift of Luke and Caroline Doyle.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(profound as in: profound sadness) of greatest intensity or emotional depth
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(profound as in: profound idea) deep or far-reaching in intellect or consequence