All 8 Uses of
profound
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.†
Chpt 1.3
- At this second interchange of the Christian name, Madame Defarge, still using her toothpick with profound composure, coughed another grain of cough, and raised her eyebrows by the breadth of another line.†
Chpt 1.5
- In the midst of a profound stillness, she faintly began: "When the gentleman came on board—"†
Chpt 2.3
- It was a profounder remark than Mr. Lorry had looked for.†
Chpt 2.6
- I am so profoundly interested in its miserable inhabitants.†
Chpt 2.16 *
- A moment of profound silence followed.†
Chpt 2.22 *
- It was a hard matter to preserve the innocent deceit of which they were profoundly unsuspicious.†
Chpt 2.24
- I had kept the matter a profound secret, even from my wife; and this, too, I resolved to state in my letter.†
Chpt 3.10
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