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profoundly

[pruh-found-lee, proh‐] / prəˈfaʊnd li, proʊ‐ /


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Profoundly religious and an early advocate of the kindergarten movement in America, Bradley developed his game for children as much as their parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Profoundly influenced, Christo's garret was stuffed floor-to-ceiling with similar pieces.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2020

Profoundly enchanting but never sentimental, “Tyll” is a magnificent story of an artist’s transcendence over the petty superstitions, convenient betrayals and widespread brutality of his time.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2020

Profoundly fearful of Catholicism and absolutism, a handful of prominent Whigs reached out to James’s Protestant daughter Mary, wife of the leading Dutch nobleman, Prince William of Orange.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Profoundly shocking though Albus Dumbledore’s fans will find it, here are the thoughts of their seventeen-year-old hero, as relayed to his new best friend.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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