Deep down
Deep down adverb - In reality.
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In reality and deep down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In reality" instead an adverb phrase "Deep down".
In reality
In reality adverb - Used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly.
Deep down and in reality are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deep down" instead an adverb phrase "In reality".
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In reality though, what she really envies deep down are people who are in love.
Source: Manga / The Seven Deadly Sins -
These could be just a case of Truth in Television: in real life, people believe all sorts of stories about their schools' arch-rivals that have no basis in reality whatsoever (and deep down, most of us usually know it).
Source: Boarding School of Horrors
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