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Profundity

Profundity Meaning & Definition
Profundity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Profundity?

[n] intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc; "the depth of my feeling"; "the profoundness of the silence"
[n] the quality of being physically deep; "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile"
[n] the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
[n] wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Profundity: abstruseness | abstrusity | astuteness | deepness | depth | profoundness | profoundness | reconditeness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Profundity:

See Also | bottomlessness | depth | sapience | wisdom

Profundity In Webster's Dictionary

\Pro*fun"di*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. ``The vast profundity obscure.'' --Milton.

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