Highly
Highly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: though she didn't win, she was highly satisfied with her personal results for the marathon
Profoundly and highly are semantically related. in very topic. In some cases you can use "Profoundly" instead an adverb "Highly".
Nearby Word: high
Profoundly
Profoundly adverb - To a great depth psychologically.
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Synonyms for Profoundly
Highly and profoundly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Highly" instead an adverb "Profoundly".
Nearby Words: profound, profoundness
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Inverted in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs when the protagonist has the pretty, ditzy (yet secretly highly intelligent) female lead put on her glasses and scrunchie her hair into a ponytail... and he finds her profoundly more beautiful than before.
Source: Beautiful All Along -
Project X Zone: While every character has dozens of highly-detailed sprites, the characters from Gods Eater Burst have certain attacks involving their transforming weapons animated frame-by-frame, making them look incongruously fluid and profoundly out of place.
Source: Non-Standard Character Design
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