All 4 Uses of
profound
in
The House of Mirth
- She returned his profound bow with a slight nod, made more disdainful by the sense of Selden's surprise that she should number Rosedale among her acquaintances.†
Chpt 1.8
- She felt a sudden pang of profound loneliness.†
Chpt 2.11 *
- Of late the sleep it had brought her had been more broken and less profound; there had been nights when she was perpetually floating up through it to consciousness.†
Chpt 2.13
- She felt so profoundly tired that she thought she must fall asleep at once; but as soon as she had lain down every nerve started once more into separate wakefulness.†
Chpt 2.13 *
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