All 3 Uses of
profound
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- Frodo gazed fixedly at the red embers on the hearth, until they filled all his vision, and he seemed to be looking down into profound wells of fire.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- Then slowly they saw the forms of the encircling mountains mirrored in a profound blue,
Chpt 2.6 *profound = of greatest intensity
- They were clad wholly in white; and the hair of the Lady was of deep gold, and the hair of the Lord Celeborn was of silver long and bright; but no sign of age was upon them, unless it were in the depths of their eyes; for these were keen as lances in the starlight, and yet profound, the wells of deep memory.†
Chpt 2.7
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