PROFOUNDLY Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

profoundly

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Recent Examples of profoundly Priced Out in America follows families trapped in the affordability crisis, revealing structural forces that have profoundly and permanently reshaped the US economy. — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 To return to it now, all these years later, when its questions feel as urgent as ever, is profoundly moving. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026 And when Wednesday blew up in 2022, Ortega felt profoundly disoriented. — Alice Robb, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026 The incredibly generous support from the Hearthland Foundation will underwrite our directors lab returning to the Sundance Mountain Resort and provide vital artist granting, which is profoundly meaningful. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 In the 15th century, making a sculpture that invited you to view a figure, especially a naked one, from front and back was profoundly strange. — Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026 On the other hand, the fact that Shakespeare chose to make Shylock a resident of Venice is a telling illustration of the Ghetto’s profoundly international character. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 These are landscapes that remain inaccessible to most travelers, and witnessing them in such an intimate way was profoundly moving. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026 What more and more voters are coming to understand is how profoundly they have been betrayed. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026

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Adverb

Uncover pot, reduce oven temperature to 375°, and continue to bake bread until crust is deeply browned, 35–40 minutes more.

— Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
While tree hugging isn’t typically my thing, the experience was unexpectedly grounding and deeply calming.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of deeply

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More positively, business fundamentals for many AI companies look solid.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
In Gensler’s Global Workplace Survey Comparison 2023, 94% of employees in high-performing workplaces said working from the office positively affected their individual productivity.

— Tyson Gundersen, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of positively

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Although his roles were ostensibly romantic leads, Astaire had an almost radically unorthodox appeal—one that, in its urbanity, cosmopolitanism, elegance, and grace, challenged the prevailing standards for male movie stardom.

— David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Application averages can hide radically different economic profiles.

— Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of radically

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Netflix, Disney+, Tubi and others are aggressively cutting deals for top creators, in some cases securing wholly original programming or day-and-date releases with YouTube, offering millions of dollars in the process.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Some experts believe this is a good start, but many see it as wholly inadequate.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of wholly

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Comparing the administration's fight to protect women and women's spaces from males to rape, is utterly disgusting and actually devalues those atrocities and crimes against actual women.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Humanity has become an Earth-System force in the most utterly literal way—by moving a lot of earth.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of utterly

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Even during our current era of innovation and technological transformation, today’s kitchen looks remarkably similar to the one Schütte-Lihotzky designed 100 years earlier.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
Formerly the location of the Hotel Punta Negra, the site has been transformed into a sprawling but remarkably intimate retreat of 131 rooms and suites, distributed across four buildings nestled into the landscape.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of remarkably

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On Wednesday’s conference call, Zuckerberg and Li can be heard absolutely salivating at the money to be made this way, as Muse gets marketed toward ubiquity.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Know More The Senate race is absolutely everywhere in Iowa, which is also home to three competitive House races and a governor’s race (Democrat Rob Sand is now favored to defeat Republican Zach Lahn).

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of absolutely

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Open-weight models would generally be exempt, but Beijing could still restrict transfers involving exceptionally large or top-performing models, potentially limiting overseas acquisitions or the movement of key personnel and intellectual property.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
The video circulated widely as another example of an exceptionally long battlefield engagement.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

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