What is the meaning of profundity?

noun

  • Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound.
    • usage: "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs"
  • Intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc.
    • usage: "the depth of my feeling"; "the profoundness of the silence"
  • The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.
  • The quality of being physically deep.
    • usage: "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile"
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APAWordNet. (2010). profundity. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/profundity/definitions/1211588
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