profundity

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This, however, I soon discovered was due to no want of intelligence, but partly to natural shyness, partly to his education, partly to temperament, and partly also to a kind of dumbness of the mind, which is by no means inconsistent with a real profundity of intellect It is this mental profundity which is the main thing to remember about the Duke of Devonshire.

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  1. noun Great depth.
  2. noun Depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning.
  3. noun Something profound or abstruse.

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  • It is this mental profundity which is the main thing to remember about the Duke of Devonshire. —  The Adventure of Living
  • "Seen in its profundity, the crisis should be seen as a serious symptom that requires intervention at its root," he said. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • "Seen in its profundity, the crisis should be seen as a serious symptom that requires intervention at its root," the pontiff said. —  Kentucky.com: Homepage
  • "Seen in its profundity, the crisis should be seen as a serious symptom that requires intervention at its root," the pontiff said. close —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • The problem is that while you can make a sort of metaphysical case that basketball programs are not as valuable as the profundity of sci-fi lit, basketball won't go because it wins the argument in the real world-it, at least potentially, brings home the bacon. —  Daily Vanguard RSS
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  1. Middle English profundite, from Old French, from Late Latin profunditās, from Latin profundus, deep; see profound.

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  1. = Old French profondité, profundité = Spanish profundiad = Portuguese profundidade = Italian profondità, from Late Latin profundita(t-)s, depth, intensity, from Latin profundus, deep, vast: see profound.
 

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