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[ pruh-fuhn-di-tee ] / prəˈfʌn dɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR profundity ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural pro·fun·di·ties for 2, 3. the quality or state of being profound; depth. Usually profundities. profound or deep matters. a profoundly deep place; abyss. Origin of profundity1375–1425; late Middle English profundite<Late Latin profunditās.See profound, -ity Words nearby profundityproformiphen, profound, profoundly, profoundly deaf, Profumo, profundity, profuse, profusely, profusion, profusive, prog Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for profundityThey have to learn the profundity of the sorrow and the pain that the memory of the Holocaust evokes, and they have to respect it. Palestinians Need To Learn The Lesson On Antisemitism|Emily L. Hauser|February 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST Nikos Kazantzakis had no problems writing a moving novel of beauty, profundity, and luminosity. Examining the Many Novels on Jesus Christ|David Masciotra|December 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST The most profound truths are often the simplest ones, and Wallace was a genius at revealing the simplicity of profundity. David Foster Wallace, Traditionalist? Considering ‘Both Flesh and Not: Essays’|David Masciotra|November 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST Shakespeare did not write for a coterie: yet he produced some works of considerable subtlety and profundity. Play-Making|William Archer
He came, by long posing, to impose upon himself and to believe in his own profundity. Studies in Contemporary Biography|James Bryce, Viscount Bryce Abstruseness in expression is very frequently regarded as an indication of profundity. The Young Man and the World|Albert J. Beveridge "Nor is he, of clarity and also profundity, a hill man," the girl observed. Conquest Over Time|Michael Shaara It would ill become me, a pupil of this philosophy, to deny its profundity. Soliloquies in England|George Santayana
Words related to profunditysolidity, sophistication, gumption, intelligence, insight, stability, caution, comprehension, learning, sanity, erudition, information, circumspection, knowledge, sagacity, sapience, discrimination, acumen, enlightenment, prudence |