deeply
part of speech
adverb (deeply, more deeply, most deeply)
meaning for a pupil
1) Very much; strongly, as in feelings. tree →
2) Far down or far in. tree →
3) Fully and slowly, as in breathing or sleeping. tree →
4) Thinking hard and carefully about something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In feelings lessons, «breathe deeply» is a way to calm down when angry or scared. In stories, characters are deeply sad, deeply sorry, or sleep deeply. In science, roots go deeply into the soil. Phrases: «breathe deeply», «deeply sorry», «sleep deeply», «think deeply», «deeply in love».
examples
- Breathe deeply and count to ten. tree →
- She was deeply sorry for what she said. tree →
- The baby slept deeply all night. tree →
- The tree's roots go deeply into the ground. tree →
- He thought deeply about the hard question. tree →
- We were deeply moved by the story. tree →
- Dig deeply to plant the bush. tree →
- The old man loved his garden deeply. tree →
- Pinocchio did not answer, but sighed deeply once--twice--a third time. tree →
note
Adjective: «deep»; noun: «depth». For actual distance down, «deep» is often used as the adverb: «dig deep», «dive deep»; «deeply» is used mainly for feelings, breathing, sleeping and thinking.
In the corpora
- Alligators bellow so deeply that the water on their backs dances, and babies call from inside their eggs when ready to hatch.
- Foxes hunt chickens, which cannot fly well and sleep deeply at night, so a hen house must be shut every evening.
- Do not play with knives or broken glass, and tell an adult about broken glass, because they cut deeply.
- A stitch while running passes if you slow down and breathe deeply.
- A dark, quiet, cool bedroom and no screens for about an hour before bed help you fall asleep and sleep deeply.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «deeply» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.