Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being deep, in any sense; depth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.
  • noun rare Craft; insidiousness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state or quality of being deep (either physically or metaphorically)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the extent downward or backward or inward
  • noun a low pitch that is loud and voluminous
  • noun the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
  • noun the quality of being physically deep

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Examples

  • But there is no heartland, no dark deepness, which is increasingly true of most of Europe, much of Asia, and eastern North America.

    The Social Customer Manifesto 2008

  • But there is no heartland, no dark deepness, which is increasingly true of most of Europe, much of Asia, and eastern North America.

    The Social Customer Manifesto 2008

  • But there is no heartland, no dark deepness, which is increasingly true of most of Europe, much of Asia, and eastern North America.

    The Social Customer Manifesto 2008

  • But there is no heartland, no dark deepness, which is increasingly true of most of Europe, much of Asia, and eastern North America.

    The Social Customer Manifesto 2008

  • But there is no heartland, no dark deepness, which is increasingly true of most of Europe, much of Asia, and eastern North America.

    The Social Customer Manifesto 2008

  • But there is no heartland, no dark deepness, which is increasingly true of most of Europe, much of Asia, and eastern North America.

    The Social Customer Manifesto 2008

  • But on individal events, specific talents or flaws come into play, and of course you can find examples of specific skills (memory, "deepness", speed, creativity, musical ability, etc) where someone's specific skills are not the same as their g factor.

    Thoughts on Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Speakers are above average and they lack "deepness" for a complete sound picture.

    OCTools 2008

  • "There is a virtue to deepness but you still need to get in and out," the senior U.S. official said.

    Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran Adam Entous 2012

  • The demographics of the state, the deepness or thinness of the respective political benches and the overall national political environment all can play a critical role as well.

    The political wisdom of early Senate retirements Chris Cillizza 2011

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