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Definition of Deep down
1. Adverb. In reality. "She is very kind at heart"
Definition of Deep down
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) Fundamentally; in essence; in reality; really. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deep Down
Literary usage of Deep down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs of the Average Man by Sam Walter Foss (1907)
"The Deep-Down Things! All winds that blow, All seething tides that foam and flow
May smite, but cannot overthrow The Deep-Down Things. Some things abide. ..."
2. John Marshall: Life, Character and Judicial Services as Portrayed in the by John Forrest Dillon (1903)
"... Marbury against Madison,— questions whose roots strike deep down into the
foundations of the national structure.i Whether a distinct and positive return ..."
3. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"When he went deep down, Pyu'f was drowned in the pool—so they say. 12. That is
why we say, 'Pyu'f went away with O'n'. 13. The two white spots which are on ..."
4. Wisdom and Destiny by Maurice Maeterlinck (1906)
"the fixed and stable part of that joy is found in the force which, deep down in
our consciousness, could render us happy still though misfortune wrapped us ..."
5. An American Transportation System: A Criticism of the Past and the Present by George A. Rankin (1909)
"It is more dangerous for an unin- structed employee to use a new and safer
appliance, than an old unsafe one. The deep-down cause of railway accidents If we ..."
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