Both Uses
profound
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The Purloined Letter
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- "Ha! ha! ha--ha! ha! ha!--ho! ho! ho!" roared our visiter, profoundly amused, "oh, Dupin, you will be the death of me yet!"
*profoundly = with greatest intensity or emotional depth
- For one hour at least we had maintained a profound silence; while each, to any casual observer, might have seemed intently and exclusively occupied with the curling eddies of smoke that oppressed the atmosphere of the chamber.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(profound as in: profound idea) deep or far-reaching in intellect or consequence
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(2)
(profound as in: profound sadness) of greatest intensity or emotional depth
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)